While We're Waiting - Hope After Child Loss
By While We're Waiting® - Hope After Child Loss
This is a podcast FOR bereaved parents BY bereaved parents. Join your host, Jill Sullivan, as she talks with parents who have lost children of all ages to all types of circumstances. This is a podcast of stories ... stories of devastating loss and grief and heartbreak and struggle ... and stories of hope and healing and faith, and yes, even joy. Underlying every conversation will be the hope we have in Jesus Christ, which makes it possible to not just survive the loss of a child, but to live well while we're waiting to see them again in Heaven one day. Visit our website at www.WhileWereWaiting.org for more information about our nonprofit ministry to bereaved parents.
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219 | Beautifully Broken (Part One) with Pat Elsberry
I’m so pleased to introduce you to my new friend Pat Elsberry. Her beautiful daughter Melanie died from an accidental drug overdose in February of 2020, after years of battling substance use disorder. In today’s episode, Pat shares the struggles sh… -
Bonus 96 | Fashion Advice
Hannah and I were good shopping buddies ... the last year or so that we shopped together, she really took it upon herself to move her mom out of the '80's. She enjoyed critiquing the outfits I tried on and giving me fashion advice. I loved it. One… -
218 | In the Wrestle (Part 3) with Janet Boxx
Welcome to the third and final installment of my conversation with Janet Boxx! If you’ve missed the last two episodes, you’ll want to go back and listen to hear the story of her son Cole, who was stillborn in 1992, and the story of her daughters Bet… -
Bonus 95 | Half Way There
Six months. Half a year. That's how much time had passed since Hannah's brain surgery. It had been a trying six months, to be sure ... but by this point cancer had subtly slipped into the background of our daily lives. After the initial flurry of… -
217 | In the Wrestle (Part Two) with Janet Boxx
Today's episode features a continuation of my conversation with Janet Boxx. Last week, Janet shared about the loss of her son Cole to stillbirth and introduced us to her three daughters, Bethany, Gracen, and Katie. As we pick up the story today, sh… -
Bonus 94 | President ... and Vice President!
I wish I had a "first day of school" picture for the beginning of Hannah's junior year and Bethany's eighth-grade year. But at this point in her cancer treatments, Hannah really did not like having her photograph taken. Her hair was still thin from… -
216 | In the Wrestle (Part One) with Janet Boxx
Janet Boxx has been a friend of mine for almost nine years now, and she has been a consistent source of encouragement in my life. She has experienced the loss of three of her four children, and she will be my guest over the next three episodes as sh… -
Bonus 93 | Back To School Thoughts
In the fall of 2008, Hannah was ready to get the new school year underway. She would be a junior this year, and was anxious to get it behind her so she could start her senior year, graduate (as valedictorian, of course!) and go on to Ouachita Baptis… -
215 | Through the Valley (Part Two) with Jim and Patty Polk
Today's episode is a continuation of my conversation with Daniel’s parents, Jim and Patty Polk. As a pastor, Jim brings a unique perspective to our discussion, and as we begin this episode, he is addressing the re-examination of his faith that resul… -
Bonus 92 | Late Summer 2008
The beginning of August 2008 brought a flurry of back-to-school activity. Hannah was excited about beginning her junior year of high school, getting her cancer treatments behind her, and moving forward with life in general. Things seemed to be movi…