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Holding the Light: Sharing Hope After Child Loss

Holding the Light: Sharing Hope After Child Loss is a podcast for grieving parents, siblings, family and friends navigating life after the loss of a child.

Co-hosted by bereaved mother and her son Monica and Colby Charette, this podcast offers honest conversations about child loss, grief, and healing. Through personal stories, guest interviews, and reflections, we explore what it means to carry and witness grief, find connection, and live with love after unimaginable loss. Whether you are a grieving parent, sibling, family member or supporting someone through child loss and seeking to better understand grief, this podcast provides comfort, validation, and hope.

Topics include:

· living with child loss

· grief after losing a child

· supporting bereaved families

· navigating relationships and family grief

· finding meaning and legacy after loss

We are here to say their name with you. You are not alone. Together, we are Holding the Light.

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Holding the Light: Sharing Hope After Child Loss

Debbie Reynolds: Living After the Loss of My Children

December 11, 2023 • Monica and Colby Charette • Season 2 • Episode 24

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While Debbie Reynolds would not, and should not, ever say she is childless, she is now navigating a life without her only two children, Michelle and Matthew. How does a parent even begin to process the death of their young daughter, while helping an older son with sibling grief, and later, his own terminal illness? The path of healing has been difficult, but also enlightening, as Debbie candidly tells the story of her family's unimaginable journey, including what she has learned, how others can support bereaved parents, and how she is finding peace to continue her life, while always honoring her two children.

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Holding the Light is an original, monthly podcast created and hosted by Monica and Colby Charette, edited and produced by Monica Charette, with support from Julia Vigue and Sophia Speeckaert. EMAIL US (shineoncass@gmail.com) with questions, comments, or a request to join us as a guest. We also welcome you to visit us at ShineOnCass (www.shineoncass.org) where our family continues to Shine the Light of Cassidy.

Our podcast’s theme music is As Long As You Love (Scarlet Wings) written and sung by Cindy Bullens, from the album Somewhere Between Heaven and Earth produced by Blue Lobster Records (1999). Available on CD or download at www.cidnybullens.com. Mention Holding the Light Podcast and receive a signed copy!

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