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Holding the Light

Child loss, universally, has been called the single, most devastating experience a family can face. It is a very personal journey, with no handbook for survival. Sharing our stories of love and loss offers validation, hope, and healing. Join Monica and Colby Charette in a very unique, mother-and-son podcast, as they share their personal grief journey, and those of others, with intimate interviews each episode that offer powerful experiences, candid advice for friends, retrospective lessons learned, insight and encouragement, and everything in-between. If you have experienced child loss, or care about someone who has, we invite you to hold the light with us, and keep coming back for inspiration and hope.

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Emily Bessey: Finding Space for Grief and Gratitude After Losing a Second Child

June 01, 2022 • Monica and Colby Charette • Season 1 • Episode 2

Surviving child loss seems insurmountable most days for grieving parents. But what happens when the unimaginable happens to your family again? Emily Bessey shares her heartbreaking journey of losing her son Ezra to a genetic and terminal disease called spinal muscular atrophy, and her family's focus to raise awareness and funding for a cure through their amazing foundation called Hearts for Ezra. Less than two years later, the family suffered a second tragedy with the death of their son, Leo, to stillbirth. Emily talks candidly about what she has learned about herself while walking beside grief. Her story will inspire you.

Learn more about Spinal Muscular Atrophy, and how you can be part of the cure at CURE SMA. And if you need a smile, follow Emily's delightful podcast called The Real Truth with Amy and Emily where, she says, she gets to be her silly self now and again!

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Holding the Light is an original, monthly podcast created and hosted by Monica and Colby Charette, edited and produced by Monica Charette, with support from Julia Vigue and Sophia Speeckaert. EMAIL US (shineoncass@gmail.com) with questions, comments, or a request to join us as a guest. We also welcome you to visit us at ShineOnCass (www.shineoncass.org) where our family continues to Shine the Light of Cassidy.

Our podcast’s theme music is As Long As You Love (Scarlet Wings) written and sung by Cindy Bullens, from the album Somewhere Between Heaven and Earth produced by Blue Lobster Records (1999). Available on CD or download at www.cidnybullens.com. Mention Holding the Light Podcast and receive a signed copy!

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