A memoir and conversation podcast full of bold, funny, vulnerable moments about the loss of our complex mothers, and not just in death.
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Jesse: “Gay and grieving, and turning loss into leadership. Man, I should trademark these!”
Welcome to 2024! I miss you and even though the podcast has officially ended, I still have so much great content you haven’t heard. So how about a little bonus episode to kick off the year!
Jesse Moss is the rockstar Director of Marketing at Experience Camps (https://experiencecamps.org/), an award-winning national nonprofit that transforms the lives of grieving children through summer camp programs and year-round initiatives. She’s in charge of developing strategies and content to create a more grief-sensitive culture and advocate for grieving children. She's also the voice and creator behind the Experience Camps TikTok (https://www.tiktok.com/@experiencecamps?lang=en) (over 45 million views and counting!).
In this episode, we talk about the death of Jesse’s brother Jordan to suicide when she was just 22. You’ll also hear how Jesse’s complicated relationship with her mother eventually turned into deep love (and funny emoji's!) for the last five years of her mom’s life.
We also talk about Experience Camps’ free summer youth programs, and how working there has turned Jesse’s “loss into leadership.” (Don’t steal her tagline!)
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Links mentioned in the episode:
Experience Camps Homepage (https://experiencecamps.org/)
Experience Camps TikTok (https://www.tiktok.com/@experiencecamps)
GRIEF SUCKS Homepage (https://www.griefsucks.com/)
GRIEF SUCKS Instagram (https://www.instagram.com/griefsucksdotcom?igsh=MTl4YzdnaXBlb2tleA%3D%3D)and TikTok (https://www.tiktok.com/@griefsucksdotcom)
Experience Camps is in Vogue! (https://www.vogue.com/article/beanie-feldstein-grief-camp-interview)
Daisy's episode (https://danablack.org/bonuses/episode-10-dasiy) on this podcast
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22 Oct 2023
Nana: “Bye, bye darling.”
Welcome to I Swear on My Mother’s Grave and the finale episode of Season 3. Yay! 3 seasons, baby!
I don’t want to bury the lead…so, I also want to welcome you to the end of my podcast journey with all of you. This is it, friends. I am turning off the mic after this episode, but I might release a special compilation of conversations you haven’t heard yet at some point…so don’t unsubscribe forever!
It’s hard for me to say goodbye to you all, and to this show because it has changed my life, AND this is the best community of listeners and now friends, in the world.
But sometimes things end. Naturally. And that’s how this feels, it feels like the right time. And the right moment in MY grief journey to step away.
So, since goodbyes are hard, it just felt fitting to end this journey talking about preparing to say goodbye to those we love, and to share with you all what I learned about sitting with the dying as I approached my Nana’s death this past summer.
In this episode, you are going to get to hear an excerpt of a conversation I had with Uma Girish, a spiritual mentor and author, who helped me prepare to say goodbye to my 96 year old Nana. I will tell you what those 4 days sitting bedside with her were like as Uma’s advice kept rumbling thru my mind, and childhood memories of both my mother, and my Nana resurfaced…and how maybe this entire podcast journey was leading me to this moment.
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Links mentioned in the episode:
Uma Girish is a Spiritual Mentor and Author: https://umagirish.com/ (https://umagirish.com/)
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8 Oct 2023
Mary: "Tips from Dead People"
Today’s guest is a friend I met on TikTok. Yep! Mary McGreevy, hosts the Tips from Dead People (https://www.tiktok.com/@tipsfromdeadpeople?lang=en) page on TikTok, where she earnestly, and respectfully curates and personally reads unique obituaries from submissions she receives from all over the world. She has collected stacks of obituaries for years, and has now built quite an online following!
Mary and I connected this summer around the time my beloved 96 year old Nana, my mom’s mom, was dying. Through our conversations on and off the mic, Mary helped me write my Nana’s obituary by providing some beautiful examples of other obituaries she has loved, and reminding me to focus on the little things in life.
And you will get to hear me read my Nana's obituary live on the mic. :)
Like me, Mary believes “That a well-told story never fails to deliver wisdom, humor, and even a bit of advice on how to live the good life.”
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Links From This Episode:
Mary McGreevy's TikTok account “Tips from Dead People” (https://www.tiktok.com/@tipsfromdeadpeople?lang=en)
Obituary Tips (https://beyondthedash.com/blog/obituary-writing/how-to-write-a-creative-obituary-that-stands-out/7235)
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