I Swear on My Mother’s Grave Dana Black

In this episode, Amanda shares the shocking moment in her early 20s that she discovered she was adopted, how her lone-wolf mother“ loved to party," what meeting her birth mother in a coffee shop felt like, why the smell of gasoline reminds her of her childhood, and how spending time with her own young daughter Lola is the most time she has ever spent with someone she is biologically related to. 



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Check out 2nd Story for more amazing live stories like Karla Estela Rivera's Condom World. Trust me, it's great. Mothers, Puerto Rico and sex shops. Enjoy!  

Welcome to the 3rd Season! In this episode, a mother and a daughter are going to try to remember a fight they had (yep, they are going to struggle to find ONE example), they are going to discuss suicide and personal end of life wishes together (so please take care while listening), they are going to talk about making art and teaching children, and they are going to thank the universe that somehow…they got to be together in this one lifetime.



And I am just going to be along for the ride. A ride that took me thru my own internal emotions, and made me really miss my mother, while being deeply jealous of them AND overwhelmingly happy to witness these two people’s affection and support for each other.



Yeah, the podcast tagline says “complex maternal loss,” people!



I hope you enjoy this beautiful duo. 



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Thank you to Malcolm Dalglish for the beautiful music he made just for this episode. We are so grateful!

I missed you, and I hope you missed me too! Drumroll, please…we are coming back with a 3rd Season on Mother’s Day! Yay. I can't wait for you to get to meet all of these amazing humans. So many stories, people to learn from...and a big reminder that you are not alone in this journey. We got you and we GET you! 



This show is for you, the living. 



I can't wait to talk to you soon.



And remember, our summer Mother's Grave Retreat is June 8-11, 2023 and all the information on how to register, or donate to help someone else attend, is right here! We hope you will join us at the lake! 



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Welcome to the last episode of Season 2! Yay! Do you believe that someone can love more than one person during their lifetime? Do you ever wonder what your parent’s sexual history or desires were? Are you curious about how to talk to your own young daughters about intimacy and sex and pleasure? Are you craving hearing a guest play guitar during a podcast interview? Well then we have the conversation for you!

Cory Goodrich is an actor, singer, musician, songwriter, painter, mother, and the writer of a poignantly funny, forgiving, warm, and honest memoir called Folksong: A Ballad of Death, Discovery, and DNA. Cory seemed to always be curious about whether or not the man who raised her was her actual biological father, and after her mother died she found letters and a photograph that proved her greatest fears. In her memoir, Cory writes “Like my mother, I have things to erase. I am not a bastard. I am a love child. I am their child, borne and shaped by their love.”

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Links mentioned in the episode:

https://righttoknow.us - Great website with lots of info on NPEs and Late Discovery adoption. They have a list of counselors and other classes.

https://corygoodrich.com/book - Cory’s website and a link to buy her book, Folksong: A Ballad of Death, Discovery, and DNA

https://music.apple.com/us/album/long-way-around/1577281366 - Cory’s full album Long Way Around.

Today, it’s just you and me in front of a crackling fire talking about holidays past, American Girl Dolls, and inherited objects that are heavy literally AND figuratively. Grab a cup of hot cocoa, put on a warm robe and let’s process some grief around the holidays and reminisce together. Happy holidays, to you and yours … however you celebrate. 

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This episode features my first pair of siblings! Billy and his sister Evelyn are actually half siblings, and they grew up in Texas. Their mother was raised a missionary kid, became a beloved math teacher, loved to travel, had a cackle that could cut thru the room, birthed a mini version of herself in her daughter Evelyn, and was taken from this life way too soon, and eclipsed way too often during her lifetime, and beyond.

Billy and Evelyn want to make sure their mother doesn’t get eclipsed ever again, and that she is forever “known.”

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AND the next Mother's Grave retreat is LIVE. Come attend this incredible experience on the water from June 8-11, 2023. Join us for community, story sharing, healing, levity, friendship and rest. More info about this life changing retreat can be found here!

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