Ep 045: They Were Given Two Years. They Built a Life Anyway. | Ryon Harms, Part 1

Welcome to Unspoken Lives, the podcast that uncovers the powerful, untold stories of everyday people.

The real stories you don't always hear, but ones that deserve to be told.

I'm your host, Kelsey Billingsley.

In each episode, we'll explore journeys of growth, resilience, and transformation.

Conversations with guests who have faced challenges, embraced change, and discovered new purpose along the way.

Through their stories, you'll find inspiration, hope, and a reminder that every life has a story worth telling.

Let's dive into this next Unspoken Life.

I'm excited to introduce someone I actually worked with years ago.

We recently reconnected after he saw a post about the podcast and he reached out to say he had a story he felt was worth sharing.

As we started talking, I realized pretty quickly that his journey carries both incredible love and incredible loss.

Ryan Harms experienced a love story that many people would describe as once in a lifetime, but his story also includes devastating loss and the challenge of rebuilding life while raising his daughter as a single father.

When we talked, there were a few things that really stayed with me.

Ryan said he wanted this story to highlight three things.

That life can still move forward after tragedy, the importance of believing you can make it through the hardest seasons, and the lasting light someone can leave behind in the world.

And that's really the heart of our conversation today.

So Ryan, first off, I'm really thankful you reached out and had the courage to share this story.

I often think back how we worked together years ago.

And so when I got your email, it was really nice to just see your name there and reminisce on the times when we worked together.

But it also brought me back to that time because I knew you were going through a really tough time.

And I'd love to just start back there, start on what your life looked like and go from there.