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Resources and source material are linked in the episode notes. Thank you so much for listening. Evan and Melissa Marshall shared about the heartbreaking loss of Evan's father, Richard,

in part one of their story.

The Broken Cycle Media team is extremely grateful they were willing to share more of their journey, healing, and the trauma that they continue to sift through in the wake of Richard's

absence.

The holidays were hard.

My niece and nephews' birthdays have been extra hard.

My sisters and I, none of us live around each other.

So we haven't had a lot of time to be together as a family and process all of this.

Because when my dad died, it was the height of COVID.

I mean, people were still doing just immediate family at funerals and stuff, and they weren't allowing group gatherings.

My dad had impacted so many people in this area in the 40 years that he'd been here that there was going to be a lot of people that want to come pay their respects to him.

I didn't want to have a service for him and not make that available

for everyone. Part of the problem is my disability. If I was physically capable of going to the

site where he wants his ashes spread, then I would. The thing is, is I lost my mobility during the grieving

process. When my dad was here, the last time I saw him, I was walking

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