212: Father Knows: Heavy Hearts
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What is the opening theme and tone of this episode?
Nice hat. Thanks. Where you been? Minnesota.
What were you doing there?
Stuff. Stuff. It's like when you ask kids questions.
Oh that's I am. Hey, welcome back to Father Knows Something. Here we are in a wonderful Sunday morning. Thought
you were gonna say wonderful sunny day.
And a wonderful rainy day in LA. It never rains in Southern California, but today it is raining. It's very nice. Yes. And it's a good tune too, but I'm not gonna pain you with it. You I got some stories for me? Maybe. Do we have a theme or are we gonna do a Just great story, no theme.
Uh there's a little bit of a theme. Not sure on the title yet, but
Okay.
It's in the world of moving forward, healing, finding peace.
Putting those band-aids on, let it heal, and then mending. Taking off those band-aids.
Closure. It's it's all
band.
Acceptance. So somewhere in there.
Okay. Let's see what you got.
Story number one. Number one. Hi Jerry, Morgan, and Justin. Huge fan of THT and am a recent listener of FKS.
We we are so glad and we have two hundred and now nine episodes. It is
true. I mean, there really is not a difference between the beginning and where we're at now. Just in terms of just Giving advice for all of these problems.
And there's a lot of stories. There's a lot. Think about the think about the number, two hundred times five. Right off the bat,
a thousand reads. I'm writing to you guys today as I've struggled badly with grief for the last three years of my life and simply don't know how to move on from it. In January of twenty twenty three, I lost my beautiful mother to a sudden heart attack. It was the biggest shock my family has ever been through. And the relationship between certain family members will never be the same. My mom truly was the glue that held our family together. On hard days all I want to do is call my mom, hear her voice because she always makes everything better. It breaks my heart in ways I don't know how to explain that I'll never get to speak to her again. There's a hole in my heart that feels like will never be patched up and I don't know what to do.
I've felt numb for the last three years now. I'm writing this a day before what would have been my mom's sixty sixth birthday. And can't stop thinking about what could have been. Thank you for listening. My ideal outcome would be to learn to navigate life with this heavy grief.
I've been through this. My dad died on a Tuesday morning. I have a picture bef the day before he passed away, and you would never know that guy was not going to show up the next day. So I understand that shock. And you know, it's in in many of our episodes, I certainly talk about grief and you know listening to your inner self because that's where they talk to you. And some people believe it. Some people will say, that's your feeling, but I don't buy that. And it's all what you feel. But uh something that I certainly experience and I will always say it because I believe it to my core that if you listen and you think this is what they would have said, maybe it's just what they're saying to you. and open your heart and your mind that that's a possibility.
Your family? I believe that everything when someone passes away, especially if they were not prepared or suddenly, everything should be locked down for a year. Because the behavior that we all have is just the same as if you were to take a lizard and take off its tail. The tail's still gonna wiggle and go crazy, but there's no head telling it what to do. And that's the way we are when we lose our anchor. Mom was your anchor. She she had everybody. Everyone was able to function because she was the head. And that's what happens with matriarchs and patriarchs, is they really are your security. I'm not saying even financial security. I'm really saying they are your. They're your anchor.
Yeah.
That's where you get everything. You got everything from your mom and your dad. Your mom is certainly a very good anchor for you. She you have a problem she's able to talk to you and you guys relate. I had a relationship with my mom the same way that I was able to relate.
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Chapters
4 chapters
1
What is the opening theme and tone of this episode?
0:00–6:46
2
How does the first listener describe three years of grief after losing a mother?
6:46–9:54
3
What advice does Jerry give about coping with a parent’s sudden death?
9:54–40:31
4
How can families heal when a grandparent is absent from their kids’ lives?
40:31–40:46