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January 21, 2025 53 mins
What do you do when you lose your mom at 18, only a month after you found out she was sick?
 

You've heard Curtis and Michal's story on this podcast many times. It's a story of love, grief, perseverance, faith, and God's loving kindness.

But today, we are blessed to hear the story from a very special source.

Michal's daughter Ellah joins us on the podcast today to talk about her experience of losing her mother at only 18 years old, and how she's grieved while running to the hard over the past 2 years since her mother's death.

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CHAPTERS

0:00 Intro

2:27 Why People Isolate In Grief

4:44 What It's Like To Learn Your Mom Has 1 Week To Live

13:15 Being The Eldest Sibling After Mom Passes Away

16:02 The Dumbest Things People Say To Grievers

20:54 Anger Against God?

32:15 Self-Help...or Jesus?

35:39 The Truth About Curtis Christopher

43:57 A Caveat To All Of This...

45:37 Healing Through Writing

49:26 One Last Piece of Encouragement

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