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598 - How To Say 'You Can Let Go Now' with Comedian Abby Schachner

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4.1529 Ratings

🗓️ 7 January 2020

⏱️ 42 minutes

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Comedian/Author/Artist Abby Schachner (YourFriendAbby.com) wanted to say the perfect thing to her father as he lay dying, but instead she said something completely different. Listen to find out what she said. Happy New Year guys and Happy Birthday to me! And please visit storyworthypodcast.com! You'll find special deals courtesy of my sponsor Scan Digital. Just go to www.ScanDigital.com/STORYWORTHY When you support my sponsors, you support me. THANK YOU! It's good karma guys!Please subscribe, rate, and review Story Worthyon Apple Podcasts here- http://apple.co/1MceZ2Q It really helps. And check out the funniest game show in LA, Story Smash! It's EVERY month at the Hollywood Improv! and it's podcast on Story Worthy. Follow me on Social Media. Instagram-https://www.instagram.com/storyworthy/ Twitter-https://twitter.com/storyworthy Facebook-https://www.facebook.com/StoryWorthy/ Christine Blackburn- http://christineblackburn.com/ Thanks guys! Privacy Policy and California Privacy Notice.

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0:00.0

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0:36.0

Hey, it's Christine from Storyworthy.

0:38.7

Today on the show, writer-comedian Abby Shackner talks about how she said goodbye to her father.

0:45.0

This time I was going to do it right.

0:47.0

My father was dying and I was going to say, you can let go now, like a normal person.

0:51.7

And I start to cry.

0:53.7

Like my lips trembling. Like to see him, like,

0:56.2

you know, he's aged, you know how that happens, he looks old. And he looks at me in a way

1:01.1

that he hasn't, like, seen me like that. He, like, he wants to comfort me and I want to comfort

1:06.5

him too, but we both are incapable of doing so. So instead of saying you can let go now, I said, Dad, hey, Dad, Joe got a blow job in a church.

1:19.3

Today on the show, writer-comedian Abby Shackner talks about her eclectic family and saying goodbye to her father.

1:26.5

Stay close.

1:29.6

Hi, this is Abby Shackner, and you are listening to Storyworthy.

1:51.5

Hey! Welcome to Storyworthy. And I'm coming to you from Los Angeles, California.

1:55.8

Whether you're a longtime fan of the show or a new listener, happy new year, and welcome to Storyworthy. Guess what?

2:04.3

What? It's my birthday. What? Today, January 7th. Happy birthday. I know. It happens, you know,

2:11.0

every year. It never stops. It's hard getting old in this town, man, I got to say, in Los Angeles. I think it's hard getting old in general, but yeah. Yeah, I guess so. It's not. It's hard getting old in this town, man, I got to say, in Los Angeles.

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