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It’s every parent’s worst nightmare, and many parents are living it every day. These are real stories from the archives of Terrible, Thanks for Asking that explore the experience of outliving your child, from stillbirth to medically complexities to senseless accidents. Available ad-free for Apple+ subscribers, whose support makes our work possible. Listen with care.

07/12/2022 • TTFA PREMIUM ONLY

Blocked and Reported

When Natalie Weaver stepped into the media spotlight to advocate for her 8-year-old daughter Sophia’s right to health care, she expected some pushback. She didn’t expect the flood of online hate and death threats that came her way … or for images of Sophia to end up on the wrong, hurtful, abusive side of the Internet. Learn more about Natalie’s work for families with medically fragile kids at Sophias-Voice.com.

41 min
05/10/2021 • TTFA PREMIUM ONLY

So Beautiful and Awful

Lynda and her daughter, Sophia, have a busy day ahead of them. First, a bike ride to train for an upcoming sprint triathlon. That evening, a dinner party. In between, a funeral to honor a friend. When Lynda wakes up in the emergency room and learns Sophia and she were in an accident during their morning ride, their busy day — and the rest of Lynda’s life — is forever changed.

52 min
18/05/2021 • TTFA PREMIUM ONLY

Leticia & Anthony (Part 2)

In our last episode, you met Leticia and her son Anthony. At the end of part one, things were finally looking good for both mother and son: Anthony had just welcomed his own daughter into the world; Leticia had married a wonderful man and was settling into life in the suburbs. But mental illness is a vicious beast, and in this episode, Leticia revisits 2017 — the last year of Anthony’s life.

51 min
11/05/2021 • TTFA PREMIUM ONLY

Leticia & Anthony (Part 1)

Leticia was 16 years old when she got pregnant with her son, Anthony. As you might imagine, raising a child more or less on your own when you’re only 16 is really, really hard. It’s even harder when you’re dealing with your own childhood and generational trauma. This is part one of Leticia and Anthony’s story.

49 min
26/01/2021 • TTFA PREMIUM ONLY

A Simple Choice (Part 2)

After losing his mother and his first wife Karen, Mark found new love with Melissa, one of the nurses who took care of Karen in her final days. They’re working together to overcome Mark’s fear of more loss, more death. And now, they’re ready to have children. Update 1/26: Correction: The original version did not include context about Melissa and Mark’s decision to not go through with chemotherapy. Even with chemotherapy, Isla only had a 1-2% chance of survival. Isla was 10 weeks old and was blind, in pain and having seizures. Also, when Melissa and Isla were transferred to the hospital in Calgary, Mark was not allowed in the hospital due to COVID-19 restrictions and Mark had to FaceTime them the next day.

33 min
19/01/2021 • TTFA PREMIUM ONLY

A Simple Choice (Part 1)

There are (many) crossroads in a relationship, but Mark is at a big one: His girlfriend Melissa wants kids, and he doesn’t. In part one of this story, we explore how a difficult choice becomes a simple one, and what it means to embrace life in the face of loss.

33 min
16/06/2020 • TTFA PREMIUM ONLY

Salome's Choice

Salome and Isaiah can't wait to become parents to Isaac and Joy, children they've come to love after multiple visits to Isaiah's home country of Nigeria. The children's birth mother has been unable to care for them, and Isaiah's brother has been helping the children's grandparents financially. Isaac and Joy's mother agrees to the international adoption. But after the papers are finalized, the children are kidnapped ... and Salome and Isaiah are thrust into a system in which no one ever wins. To learn more about Impact Missions: http://imworldwide.org

42 min
27/08/2019 • TTFA PREMIUM ONLY

It Just Happens

In 2015, Jayson and Stacy's 2-year-old daughter, Greta, was killed while she was sitting on a bench in New York City. A loose brick from the building above her fell from the windowsill and fell eight stories before hitting the toddler on her head. Some things, like the death of a child, are unimaginable. In fact, we'd prefer to NOT imagine them, ever. But for Jayson and Stacy, the loss of Greta to this random tragedy is their reality.

48 min

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It’s every parent’s worst nightmare, and many parents are living it every day. These are real stories from the archives of Terrible, Thanks for Asking that explore the experience of outliving your child, from stillbirth to medically complexities to senseless accidents. Available ad-free for Apple+ subscribers, whose support makes our work possible. Listen with care.