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November 17, 2019 began like any other Sunday.

In this deeply personal episode of Love Survives Grief, Stephanie and Shaun take listeners back to the ordinary morning that forever divided their lives into a "before" and an "after." It was a day filled with routine, familiar moments, and no indication that their world was about to shatter.

Together, they walk through the events of that morning—the normal rhythms of family life, the plans for the day, and the countless small moments that seemed insignificant at the time but would later become permanently etched into their memories.

Then everything changed.

The life they knew ended in an instant. The future they had envisioned disappeared, replaced by shock, confusion, and a pain no parent should ever have to endure.

With honesty and vulnerability, Stephanie and Shaun share what happened that day, the emotions that followed, and the memories they continue to carry nearly seven years later. They discuss the details many people never see—the chaos, the disbelief, the unanswered questions, and the desperate hope that somehow this couldn't be real.

This episode is one of the hardest stories they've ever told, but it is also the foundation of why Love Survives Grief exists. Because while November 17th marked the day their lives were forever altered, it also marked the beginning of a journey that would teach them what it means to survive the unimaginable while continuing to love a child who is no longer physically here.

This is the story of the day everything changed.

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In this opening episode of Love Survives Grief, Stephanie and Shaun introduce themselves not as experts or therapists, but as two ordinary parents whose lives were forever changed by unimaginable loss.

Together, they share their earliest experiences with death and grief, how loss shaped them long before becoming grieving parents themselves, and the ways those past experiences compare to the devastating reality of losing a child. Through honest conversation, they reflect on the shock of entering a world no one ever expects to join and the loneliness that often follows traumatic loss.

Stephanie and Shaun also open up about why they created this podcast: to give grieving families a place where hard conversations are welcomed, painful emotions are understood, and no one has to feel so alone in their grief. Love Survives Grief is a space for raw truth, healing, remembrance, and hope — a reminder that even after life’s darkest moments, love still survives.

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