Chatting with Dear Friend Ollie about Loss & Grief

Uncorked with Funny Wine Girl · May 21, 2026 · 1h 32m

Given that May is Bladder Cancer Awareness Month and that my father Joe Luby just passed on May 13, I wanted to have an open and honest conversation about the loss of a parent and how we grieve.

Oliver (or Ollie as I call him) has been my dear friend since our years at Bishop Hannan High School. Since that time I had the pleasure of getting to know his mother Christine (Chrissy) Ord who had a laugh that could shake the walls. I loved her. She died six years ago in April from bladder cancer.

My father Joseph (Joe) Luby died on May 13 after an 11-month battle with mesothelioma (cancer in his…