Aug 31, 2026 · 42 min · 12 segments
In this episode, Sarah and Kerrith sit down with Ramona, a dedicated social worker, to talk about the passing of her mother. Ramona’s mother was her absolute rock and, as a hospice nurse, a pillar of…
fine um I definitely think a lot of people would identify with that feeling of kind of the shock and the adrenaline of having to plan something and then like a busy beehive of activity immediately after a death.
And I think that that is definitely something a lot of people can identify with.
Yeah.
I think that's the perfect word for it.
And that people send you a card.
So you've already gotten all the cards.
You've already gotten the condolences.
People have already come into town and you've gotten the phone calls and everybody knows that it's happened and it's been acknowledged.
And then you continue living your life without this huge piece.
And at the time, I mean...
Yeah, I still think she's the most important person to me.
It doesn't really go away, I think.
But she's the most important person to me.
The worst thing that I...
When I was a kid or a teenager or in my early 20s, worst thing that could happen to me is my mom dying.
I always had that kind of fear.
And then it happens.
And you're like, oh.
And the feeling of being... without a mother, you're just like, I'm an orphan.
The hold of a mother and having that in your life and the way that a mother looks at you, it can't be replicated.
It just, it can't.
And I'm like, I'm never going to feel that again.
fine um I definitely think a lot of people would identify with that feeling of kind of the shock and the adrenaline of having to plan something and then like a busy beehive of activity immediately after a death.
And I think that that is definitely something a lot of people can identify with.
Yeah.
I think that's the perfect word for it.
And that people send you a card.
So you've already gotten all the cards.
You've already gotten the condolences.
People have already come into town and you've gotten the phone calls and everybody knows that it's happened and it's been acknowledged.
And then you continue living your life without this huge piece.
And at the time, I mean...
Yeah, I still think she's the most important person to me.
It doesn't really go away, I think.
But she's the most important person to me.
The worst thing that I...
When I was a kid or a teenager or in my early 20s, worst thing that could happen to me is my mom dying.
I always had that kind of fear.
And then it happens.
And you're like, oh.
And the feeling of being... without a mother, you're just like, I'm an orphan.
The hold of a mother and having that in your life and the way that a mother looks at you, it can't be replicated.
It just, it can't.
And I'm like, I'm never going to feel that again.
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