My Mom, Pam

This episode is about my mom, Pam.Not her illness. Not how she died. Her life.She was kind, intelligent, strong, and full of hope. She cooked for strangers, went to church every Sunday, loved deeply, buried a daughter, raised two children to adulthood, and helped raise many more. She showed up. She made room. She kept going.Through stories, photos, and memory, I want you to meet the woman who shaped me — the softness I once misunderstood and the strength I finally recognize.This episode is in honor of my mom, and for anyone who has lost a parent. No matter how old you are, when they die, a part of you goes with them. But they didn’t raise us to quit. They raised us to keep moving forward.Say the weird thing. Say it out loud. This one’s for her.