coffee, grief & gratitude

this past fall, i was invited to read for the "coffee, grief, and gratitude" podcast which is now ready to listen to. 

i'm the second reader of four and, though unplanned, our perspectives weave together and round out various aspects and gifts of grief.  together, jessica, becky, laurie and i share angles on experiences and welcome discussion and story around the inevitability of loss.

you can listen to our episode here Coffee Talk #63 by pressing play (you shouldn't need to have an account or log in to Spotify in order to listen).

i very rarely check facebook, but logged on for something work-related today and happened to see the Coffee, Grief & Gratitude group feed with the following comment:  

"while i enjoy and gain something valuable from every episode of Coffee Talk, i particularly liked this one.  every reader's work was excellent, powerful, and i loved the grocery checkout narrative but the one i listened to twice, because i found it so fascinating was lanette's letter to grief.  it viewed a subject so familiar from such an unfamiliar angle, and it really made me think.  separating grief from its cause, viewing grief as a friend and blessing was a fascinating take i thought--brilliantly imagined, wonderfully written--R.J." 

i include randy's comment because it encourages me to keep saying yes to the difficult invitations life brings even when i'd rather not.  it spurs me to keep writing, sharing, and listening to stories that are sometimes hard to hear or that we are tempted to keep at arm's length.

after an introduction by the mother-daughter team who runs the podcast, each of our segments are under 6 minutes long. 

this process was humbling while being both an honor & privilege. 

Coffee Talk welcomes new readers if you feel the timing is right to share.  meanwhile, may you discover more common ground than not while finding comfort, understanding, and consolation multiplying in and through you.