Meg Walter: Grief and the Love Deficit

In August 2024, Meg Walter, the writer of a humorous Deseret News column, unexpectedly lost her 62-year-old father to a heart attack. Suddenly, her columns, although still funny at times, took on a more somber tone. The humorous journalist was forced to work through something that faces each of us at some point: Grief. On this week’s episode, she shares how that grief helped her settle into her faith.

2:06- Observation and Humor
4:48- Latter-day Saint Culture
7:41- Being Open About Faith
12:50- The Loss of a Father
18:19- What Makes a Life Well-Lived?
23:10- Receiving Service
28:12- Two Things Can Be True
32:08- The Beauty of “The Ward”
38:21- The Value of Faith
42:24- What Does It Mean To Be All In the Gospel of Jesus Christ?

“I need that hope that my faith offers me. I am getting much more comfortable with what I don’t know and what I hope. And I’m leaning more into what I hope.”

Links:
Meg’s columns about her dad’s passing:
https://www.deseret.com/opinion/2024/08/22/losing-a-parent-grief/
https://www.deseret.com/opinion/2024/10/12/running-through-grief-st-george-marathon/
https://www.deseret.com/opinion/2024/11/27/grieving-loss-love-holidays/
https://www.deseret.com/opinion/2024/12/28/grief-lessons-learned/

Morgan’s all-time favorite article that makes her laugh every time: https://www.deseret.com/2023/3/8/23627893/new-trader-joes-draper-utah-person-you-want-to-be/