The Widow Chose Red: Parenting Through ALS, Loss, and Faith

Send us Fan MailRachel Kerr Schneider faced the unimaginable when her husband, John, was diagnosed with ALS while they were raising two young sons. In this deeply personal episode, Rachel shares how she talked to her children about their father’s illness, helped them prepare for loss, created space for their individual grief, and leaned on her faith through caregiving, hospice, death, and rebuilding.Rachel is a speaker, the voice behind Spirited Prosperity, and the award-winning author of The Widow Chose Red? My Journey with Jesus, John, and ALS. Together, we discuss anticipatory grief, age-appropriate honesty, maintaining family routines during crisis, supporting children after a parent dies, accepting help, remembering the parent who was lost, and allowing joy to return without guilt into finding love again!This conversation offers inspiration and encouragement to grieving parents—and practical guidance for anyone supporting a child through loss.Content note: This episode discusses ALS, terminal illness, hospice, parental death, grief, and children coping with loss.Learn more about Rachel at SpiritedProsperity.com. Support the show@themommypod