About When Autumn Comes: Seasons of Hope for Medical + Disability Moms
We call ourselves the 4am Mom Club because more nights than not, our kids are awake at 4am. We both have very medical, complicated, rare, beautiful children. This is a podcast for medical and disability mamas (and the people who love them) who are facing a life they never expected. We share hope-filled stories of families, all shapes, colors, sizes and abilities, all in different phases of their medically complex or disabled caregiving journey.
When Autumn Comes Podcast is a program of the Apricity Hope Project nonprofit. Our mission is to care for caregiver. Learn more at apricityhope.org
Kat and Jordan | Good putty for maintaining a marriage
Now that Katrina and Jordan have celebrated, we can officially tell them, "Happy Anniversary." You see, when you have a child with medical complexity and they overhear that an important day is coming up, things just seem to go awry. Best not to let Ellie know beforehand…
Today, we hear from Katrina's husband, Jordan. We hope you enjoy a father's perspective on parenting a medically complex child. Katrina and Jordan also share with us how they have worked to keep their marriage strong through the ups and downs and viral social media posts.
"Oh no, we definitely have cracks" -Kat
Here's what you don't want to miss:
Perspective
Viral
Waiting for the call
Jordan's favorite part of being a dad
Advice
You're really going to want to read Live Like Lorelei
How to Live Like Lorelei
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20 Feb 2026TRANSCRIPT
4 AM Happy Random Thursday
Katrina and Jordan are here today on just a normal typical Thursday.
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18 Feb 2026TRANSCRIPT
Happy birthday lorelei | Ten years as a medical mom
This week marked Lorelei's tenth birthday. Five years on earth, five in heaven. This beautiful little girl with her epic hair, to match the Trolls she loved so much, is the reason we are all here today. While Susan didn't create this podcast to honor Lorelei specifically, without her, Susan would not have become a medical mom ten years ago. This podcast would not exist.
Those of you who have listened for a while know that the goal of this project is to share, to help people feel less alone in their journey, to uplift. The trolls of internet land; however, do not know that. They also don't know that their unkind comments bring more visibility to this project. So, in honor of Lorelei, the girl who loved Poppy and Branch…thank you trolls of the internet.
"All of this started with trauma, and breaking rules, and doing things differently than it was ever supposed to be." -Suz
Here's what you don't want to miss:
Viral
Ten years in
Lorelei's birth
5 earthside, 5 in heaven
What would we say?
You're really going to want to read Live Like Lorelei
How to Live Like Lorelei
Touch base with us in the When Autumn Comes Society or send us a DM on Instagram! If this episode has touched you, we would really love it if you would leave us a review! While you're at it, consider supporting the podcast so that we can keep the content coming.
When Autumn Comes:
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Inside a recent episode
Kat and Jordan | Good putty for maintaining a marriage
Published 25 Feb 2026 · Transcript excerpt
[…] Or again, it's so much of it's out of necessity, you know, especially in crisis medically. It's like if we were having a fight or an argument and then we're in the hospital, you just have to either ignore it or say, we're going to solve this very quickly and say, I love you. You love me. We didn't mean it like whatever it was, you know what I mean? And we need to just get on task here because there's no point in holding resentment or anger because it just, there's just no point. Yeah. It just feels, it feels stupid when you're in the hospital staring at your child who's struggling. It's like, yeah, we don't really have problems. […]
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