One of my biggest struggles in grief is my intrusive thinking. I have largely been unable to untangle my grief over losing Sam and my own thoughts of self-blame. The problem with this mindset is that it is unreasonable and it also challenges our healing.

Today's episode is about my experience with intrusive thinking, 3 reasons I believe it is destructive and unproductive, and how I have recently learned to stop my intrusive thoughts before they take my time and energy and pull me down.

Thank you for listening.

We cannot tolerate our city officials simply giving up a certain demographic of it's population. Mayor Perris of Lancaster, CA, stated, in front of the city council, that perhaps the answer to the city's homeless crisis is to give them all fentanyl. A big Purge. He is talking about humans.

Is an actual mayor of a city suggesting that people like my son don't deserve to live? We cannot tolerate this ignorance in the people we elect. He needs to step down.

I know the water around him is getting hotter but let's get it boiling. Please pass this information on to anyone who has the power to vote in the recall efforts.

Every city deserves better than this. We need officials who care, not ones who hold disdain for our hurting people. Hold Mayor Rex Perris accountable and remove him from office. It's the only answer.

When Sam died, I felt no hope and no joy. I felt like my life was largely over because I couldn't see past my pain.

Hope is a complex topic when talking about losing a child. Just What exactly are we hoping for? How can hope make this better? For a long time, I couldn't see it or imagine it but now, I am finding it again.

Today, I feel more hope and joy than I have since I lost my boy, nearly 2 1/2 years ago, and I hope that this week's short episode of reaching a place I never thought I would be again inspires other grieving parents that they can feel better in time as well, if they are willing to take the necessary steps to do so.

Thank you for Listening