In this meandering medicine story, I share about my mama’s unexpected death in 2015, the unbelievable coincidence of losing my father-in-law the same way 5 years later, the amazing thing my stepdad did at her memorial service, the worst and best things to say to someone who’s lost a loved one, the final gift she gave me after her death, and always remembering that our grief is equal to our love.
I love you Mama. I miss you every day. God only knows what I’d be without you. It’s all for you.
LINKS:
Pictures & a video of my mom
Megan Devine’s work at Refuge in Grief
Joanna Newsom’s song Time, as a Symptom
Brene Brown on Overfunctioning in times of stress
Golden California Girl
Class of ‘69
That’s Dave on the right, kicking a cop at Candlestick Park in San Francisco in 1966 as Ringo looks on
Love
Lacey, Mom, and me in front of our woodpile in South Lake Tahoe, CA 1985
The day she became a Grammy
Matriline: Mom, little Mycelia, Mémère, me
Dave & Mom after reuniting in their fifties
On her & Dave’s wedding day
The words Mycelia wrote for her Grammy the day we found out she died
Poor quality, rich friendships. Short hair, big shoulder pads. At the time of posting this I am the age my mom was here (it’s her 40th birthday). I love seeing her hold court like a queen and receive such glowing love from her friends.
Get the PDF transcript of this episode here. Donate to the Transcription Fund110. Women's Bodies are Metabolically Expensive (Why Things Break So Easily) - Dr. Suuzi Hazen
109. Loving Ourselves Home: Finding Sanctuary in Herbal Medicine - Kami McBride
108. The Mythic Hive & How Bees Heal Us - Ariella Daly
107. Death is the Great Healing: Reclaiming Ancestral Relationship w/ the Dead - Perdita Finn
106. Chronic Illness: Telling Honest Stories, Navigating the Underworld, and Tending the Roots - Sarah Ramey
105. Synchronicity Reveals Our Ecological Niche - Sophie Strand
104. Your Body is Not a Closed System: The Sun, Cell Signaling, & Metabolic Wellness - Sarah Kleiner
103. Midlife Burnout for Women & Why Healing Work Can Make Us Worse - Dr. Suuzi Hazen
102. The Living Matrix of Fascia & the Resonance of the Heart - Lindsay Courcelle
101. Rooting With the Ancient Mothers: Healing Wounded Lineages by Reclaiming Physiologic Birth & Radical Togetherness - Aimee Aroha
100. Returning the Mother to Herself: Our Nourishment Shapes How We Receive Life - Niecia Nelson
99. Holistic Health & Earth Connected Living in Technological Times - Carly Rose
98. Parenting Sensitive/Spirited/Neurodivergent Children, Leaving Schools, and Proudly Engaging in Wrongthink - Teva Johnstone
97. Five Years of Medicine Stories (& more)
96. Apprentice Yourself to the Earth: Plant Wisdom & Embodied Knowing - Kami McBride
95. Exiting the Overculture: Herbalism, Homesteading, & Unschooling My Mind
94. Our Trip to Britain: Ancestral Pilgrimage to Sacred Sites
93. Mirrors in the Earth: Self Remembrance & the Non-Stop Nurturance of the Natural World - Asia Suler
92. Expansion is Our Nature: a Matriarchal Reframe for Money & How I Went From Broke to Flow
91. The Mineral Matrix & the Motherline That Made You - Hamid Jabbar
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