P1E2: The End of the Beginning

Trigger Warning: Death, dying, grief, trauma, accident. Intended for parents and teens, with a warning that these are hard conversations between mother and daughter on many different and difficult topics. We encourage parents/guardians & teens (and some preteens) to listen together and use this as a forum to discuss your own thoughts, feelings and ideas. After her adopted daughter died in a car accident, her mom discovered over 200 letters that she had written to God between the ages of 14 & 18. To help herself grieve, the mom reads each letter - one at a time - and writes a letter back to her daughter, telling her all the things she would have said if she had known that she wouldn't have another chance. The subject matter is intense and hard, but the conversations are authentic and raw - exposing the challenges & giving insights into both growing up and of parenting. We strongly suggest that you listen to this podcast with your teen and relish the conversations that you can have together, while you are both still living. Today's episode concludes mom's story of the weeks leading up to Heather's death and That Day! If you haven't listened to Part 1 Episode 1, go back to podbean and listen to that episode first.