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Losing a Child: Always Andy's Mom
When pediatrician mom of three, Marcy Larson's 14 yo son, Andy, was killed in a car accident in 2018, she felt like her life was over. In many ways, that life was over, and a new one forced to begin in its place. Come alongside her as she works through this journey of healing. She discusses grief and child loss with other grieving parents and those who work to help them in their grief. This podcast is for grieving parents and well as those who support them.
Episodes
- Losing a Child: Always Andy's Mom
Episode 372: Mighty Movements – Allison's Mom
This was meant to be. Allison was Martha's second of three daughters. Smart, compassionate, and funny, a friend to everyone she had not yet met. She moved to…
- Losing a Child: Always Andy's Mom
Episode 371: A Privilege to Carry – Brit's Mom
Holly was on this podcast 120 episodes ago, in Episode 251, just over two years into her grief. She said herself that she was still living in the land of…
- Losing a Child: Always Andy's Mom
Episode 370: Ready - Matthew's Mom
For six years, Deborah carried this alone. Not entirely by choice. Just by circumstance, by distance, by the particular kind of grief that comes when your…
- Losing a Child: Always Andy's Mom
Episode 369: Get Into the Pit - Max's Mom
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…
- Losing a Child: Always Andy's Mom
Episode 368: You Are Doing a Good Job
Grief needs tending. That is one of the truest things Gwen said in this conversation, and it is also one of the hardest things about being a grieving parent…
- Losing a Child: Always Andy's Mom
Episode 367: Leaning In - Maggie's Mama
Her name is Magnolia Song. Her father had always loved the name Maggie. Her mother Erin, a botanist, found the perfect origin for it, the magnolia tree, the…
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Episode 366: It Was Never About the Grief - Ben's Mom
When Ben was in treatment, he had a signature move. He would flip on some music, put on his headphones, and check out. Not in a sad way. In the way of a boy…
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Episode 365: Right Before the Finish Line - Ellory's Mom & Dad
Celeste had a perfect pregnancy. She felt great. She stayed active all the way to term. Every appointment, every ultrasound, every check was textbook. The…
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Episode 364: They May Never Know Her Name - Angelina's Mom
Danielle was standing in a NICU holding her newborn daughter Hope when a stranger approached her asking, "Are you Angelina's Mom?" Danielle's quiet response…
- Losing a Child: Always Andy's Mom
Episode 363: Grieve Out Loud - O's Mom
Heather has always loved out loud. She has always talked about her boys to anyone who will listen, shown pictures to strangers, shared memories on social media…
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Episode 362: Even Still, She Was Joy - Ellie's Mama
Kayla called her God's baby from the very beginning. She had been through six or seven miscarriages before Ellie arrived, and from the moment Ellie was born…
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Episode 361: Let Me Be Sad
There are many terms I have heard when talking about the anniversary of your child's death - Heaven Day. Angelversary. Going Home Day. But today, Gwen gave us…
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Episode 360: Find the Light. Walk to It. - Lily's Mom
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Episode 359: A Season of Tears - Sebastian's Mom
Jackie knew it was coming. That is one of the hardest things about this kind of grief. For years, she had watched her son Sebastian struggle with mental health…
- Losing a Child: Always Andy's Mom
Episode 358: The Conversation that Keeps Us - Payton's Mom
Payton loved rainbows. She knew all the colors, knew them in order, and would paint them perfectly every time. But she always added a pink line at the bottom…
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Episode 357: I Can't Go On; I'll Go On - Anna's Dad
There is a line from Samuel Beckett that a friend whispered to Stephen outside the hospital room where his wife Kate was dying. I can't go on. I'll go on. It…
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Episode 356: The Broken Heart Stays Open - Noah's Dad
Bryan carried the sadness. That was his decision. Not the devastation, not the incapacitation, but the sadness. A conscious, daily choice to let his broken…
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Episode 355 - No One Right Way – Gwen & Marcy
This week's episode didn't happen the way we planned. It was supposed to be a livestream. And then, within the same week, both Gwen and I found ourselves…
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Episode 354: Story Keepers - Jacob's Dad
We are all born into a house of stories. That is something Dan, Jacob's dad, believes deeply, and it shapes everything about how he has carried his grief. Dan…
- Losing a Child: Always Andy's Mom
Episode 353: What Keeps Them Close - Josh's Mom
There is a fear that lives quietly inside almost every grieving parent. It rarely gets said out loud, but it shapes so much of how we carry our grief. If I let…
- Losing a Child: Always Andy's Mom
Episode 352 - You Are Seen - Isaiah's Mom
After losing Isaiah, Mona did what so many grieving parents do. She disappeared. Not all at once. But slowly, quietly, she started skipping the family…
- Losing a Child: Always Andy's Mom
Episode 351: The Fear Went Away - Jackson's Mom
Becky has spent her entire life adapting to a world that was not built for her. As a woman with dwarfism who stands four feet tall, she has learned to problem…
- Losing a Child: Always Andy's Mom
Episode 350: Wrapped Up in Purpose - Darius's Mom
Darius made Kelly a mama at eighteen years old. Then he made her a nurse. And years later, after he was gone, he made her something else entirely, a certified…
- Losing a Child: Always Andy's Mom
Episode 349: When Seasons Change
The flowers are blooming. The days are getting longer. The world looks like it is coming back to life. So why do so many of us feel so heavy? In this episode…
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Episode 348: Say My Child's Name - Abbie's Mom
Say my child's name. It sounds like such a simple thing. And yet for so many grieving parents, it is the thing people around them are least willing to do. They…
- Losing a Child: Always Andy's Mom
Episode 347: Love Becomes Purpose - Adrienne's Sissy
Parent. Sister. Friend. That was the order Andrea established with her little sister Adrienne when Adrienne was just nine years old, fresh into a new life in…
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Episode 346: Life Grows Around It - Graham's Mom
Grief is permanent. But it doesn't have to be all-consuming. That is the quiet, hard-won truth at the heart of this conversation with Wesley, Graham's mom. And…
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Episode 345: You Are Doing It - Taylor's Mom
Some dates just carry weight. April 23rd. The anniversary of Taylor's death. Two days after what would have been Andy's 22nd birthday. When Jam reached out and…
- Losing a Child: Always Andy's Mom
Episode 344: Even Though, We Will - Noah's Dad
Abnormalities. That is the word that changed Matthew and his wife Hannah's lives forever. They went in for a routine ultrasound, their almost two-year-old son…
- Losing a Child: Always Andy's Mom
Episode 343: Not Alone - Gwen & Marcy
We are not meant to do this alone. That is the thread that runs through every moment of this conversation, and these are the words Gwen chose to close with…
- Losing a Child: Always Andy's Mom
Episode 342: Still Standing - Jake's Mom
Before Angie lost her son Jake, she used to say something that I think many of us have said — or at least thought. If something ever happened to Jake, you…
- Losing a Child: Always Andy's Mom
Episode 341: Still His Mama - Raiden's Mom
When Samantha first came on this podcast in Episode 282, she was only a few months out from losing Raiden. She was raw and fresh in her grief — and yet even…
- Losing a Child: Always Andy's Mom
Episode 340: Thankful In, Not For - Mikael's Mom
In this episode of Always Andy's Mom, I sit down with Leanne, Mikael's mom, for an honest and heartfelt conversation about grief, faith, and life after losing…
- Losing a Child: Always Andy's Mom
Episode 339: 8:15 - The Moment Everything Changed - Chantal's Parents
In this episode of Always Andy's Mom, Marcy speaks with Jean and Shelly about the loss of their daughter, Chantal, and the grief journey that followed after…
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Episode 338: Scars & Seasons - Keyan's Mom
After six and a half years and more than 300 episodes, I took a month away from the podcast to rest, spend time with my family, and tend to my own heart. When…
- Losing a Child: Always Andy's Mom
Episode 337: Surviving the Long Haul - Gwen
In this fourth and final episode of the February educational series, Gwen Kapcia of grief-guide.com focuses on long-term grief coping and the practical ways we…
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Episode 336: Family Grief & The Weight of Big Emotions - Gwen
Grief is deeply personal — but it never happens in isolation. In Part 3 of this four-part educational grief series, Gwen Kapcia of grief-guide.com explores how…
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Episode 335: What Shapes Our Grief - Gwen
In this episode of Always Andy's Mom, grief educator Gwen Kapcia of grief-guide.com continues her four-part educational series on grief. In Part 2, Gwen…
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Episode 334: Why Grief Is So Hard - Gwen
Why does grief feel so overwhelming—physically, emotionally, and mentally? And why does it so often feel lonelier than we expected? This episode is Part 1 of a…
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Episode 333: What is the Color of Your Heart? Addy's Mom
What color is your heart today? In this episode, I sit down with Rachael, Addy's mom, to talk about grief, healing, and the unexpected ways art can help us…
- Losing a Child: Always Andy's Mom
Episode 332: What Remains, What Grows - Hunter's Mama
In this episode of Always Andy's Mom, Luna returns for a new conversation—one shaped by time, lived experience, and the quiet ways grief continues to unfold…
- Losing a Child: Always Andy's Mom
Episode 331: The Quiet Work of Grief - Cody's Mom
In this episode of Always Andy's Mom, Marcy is joined by Melinda, a mother whose love for her son, Cody, continues to quietly shape the way she lives, grieves…
- Losing a Child: Always Andy's Mom
Episode 330: A Father's Grief, Stitched with Love - Ray's Dad
In this episode of the Always Andy's Mom Podcast, I'm joined by Taylor, a grieving father who shares the story of his son, Ray, who was stillborn late in…
- Losing a Child: Always Andy's Mom
Episode 329: What Is a Miracle? - Patrick's Mom
What comes to mind when you hear the word miracle? For so many of us who have lost a child, that word can feel complicated. We prayed. We begged. We hoped with…
- Losing a Child: Always Andy's Mom
Episode 328: Christmas Memories: Holding Love, Grief, and Hope Together
This episode of Always Andy's Mom is a replay of a Christmas Memories Livestream—created as a place of reflection, remembrance, and gentle presence during the…
- Losing a Child: Always Andy's Mom
Episode 327 - When Grief Blows Up the Dresser - Billy's Mom
In this episode of the Always Andy's Mom Podcast, host Marie Crews speaks with Lisa Oris, founder of Grief Guide, about why grief is not linear and why loss…
- Losing a Child: Always Andy's Mom
Episode 326: Grief as a Dance - Not a Journey - Drew's Momma
Today's conversation with Drew's Momma, Melissa, is one that lingers long after the episode ends. She lost her vibrant, adventurous son Drew twenty-five years…
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Episode 325: Pike's Mom
When Mika's 13-year-old son, Pike, was diagnosed with leukemia, she was devastated — but not in the way most people might imagine. Only a year earlier, Mika…
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Episode 324: Josh's Mum
Shortly after Leigh's 22-year-old son, Josh, was killed in a plane crash, her best friend looked her straight in the eyes and said some of the most beautiful…
- Losing a Child: Always Andy's Mom
Episode: 323: Quinten's Mom
"Now What?" This is the question Marie found herself asking after the devastating loss of her son, Quinten, to suicide. Overcome with grief, she felt lost and…
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Episode 322: Quincy's Dad
Today's guest, Jonathon's book, indigo: the color of grief, captured me from the first page—a work that feels both intimate and universal. Indigo, the hue…
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Episode 321: The Many Emotions of Grief
During one of the first grief‑support group sessions that Eric and I attended in the weeks after Andy died, our Starlight Ministries facilitators led us in an…
- Losing a Child: Always Andy's Mom
Episode 320: Jr.'s Mom
Today's guest, Stephanie, says that her son, Jr., had a lifelong mantra that he lived by - 'me versus me.' He even had this phrase tattooed on himself for his…
- Losing a Child: Always Andy's Mom
Episode 319: Libby's Mum
Today's guest, Lisa, says she has always felt a special, spiritual link to her eldest daughter, Libby—starting when Libby was an infant and lasting throughout…
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Episode 318: Jenny & Jesse's Mom
Jerry's passion is helping bereaved children. When I was first introduced to her, Jerry was described as a widowed mother with a heart for grieving kids. She'd…
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Episode 317: Chloe & Lily's Dad
Eight minutes. That is how long it took for Michael's life to be forever changed. In late November 2016, a fire broke out in the Great Smoky Mountains National…
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Episode 316: Chasey's Momma
He should be here. Today's guest, Lindsay, says that these are the four most impactful words that have been said to her in the year since her 6-month-old son…
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Episode 315: Jacob's Mom
I feel like God arranges for certain guests to come on the podcast just when I need them most. On the day of this interview, I was particularly weepy, missing…
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Episode 314: Laughter & Grief
Grief and Laughter. At first glance, it may seem like these words could be considered polar opposites, but as we grieve, moments of laughter and joy can be a…
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Episode 313: Helen's Mom
Today's guest, Catherine, says that in many ways, she grieved for her daughter, Helen, not once but twice. The grieving began after she suffered complications…