Episode 369: Get Into the Pit - Max's Mom

Losing a Child: Always Andy's Mom · Oct 8, 2026 · 1h

Erin starts every conversation about her son the same way.

He was the most interesting person I have ever known.

And she means it. Max was quirky and eccentric and tender-hearted in equal measure. He spoke in full sentences at fifteen months. He memorized a thirty-page picture book and read it to his preschool class. He loved people deeply, inspired friendships that were somehow different from other friendships, and at three years old, walking into a restaurant holding his grandmother's hand, he picked up her hand and kissed it. She talked about that moment until the day she died.

He was also…