Episode 49 | Trigger Warning — You Are Responsible For Your Own Choices (Yes, Even That One)

Your Effin’ Love Story · Jul 15, 2026 · 17m

Here's your trigger warning.

I didn't get a fucking “trigger warning” the morning I found my son Malachi’s lifeless body on July 31st, 1999. There was no one there standing with their hands up and asking if I was “ready” or offering me “warning” that what I was about to experience was going to so fundamentally change me that even now, in 2026, I would not ever understand.

Trigger. Warning.

My son Malachi was born May 20th, 1999. He was dead July 31st, 1999. He was 2.5 months old.

I'm the one who found him. And I can promise you, again, as I said — no one walked in beforehand and said to me…