Welcome to the Nothing Is Wasted Podcast, where we believe that no matter what you've

gone through in life, God is inviting you to partner with Him to take back your story.

On this podcast, we have inspiring conversations with people who are doing just that.

And now, your hosts, Davey Blackburn and Aubrey Samson.

Hey, everybody. Welcome to the Nothing Is Wasted Podcast. I'm your host, Aubrey.

And I'm Davey. And today, we have an incredible conversation with a new friend of ours.

She actually is a part of Hope Writers, which is, I know, Aubrey is an organization you're

also involved with as well. But I was actually recently on her Instagram. We've been doing

some fun stuff together. But you go ahead, Clarissa. Yes, Clarissa. She's an author,

podcaster and a young widow of her husband of 17 years, who was also an author, which that

whole storyline weaves into her story. It's really incredible. You're going to need her

to say this. Yeah, hear her say this. But it just, she has a very, just an amazing perspective

on her loss, obviously wrestling through so much grief. But the, you know, the podcast that she

helps the host is called surprised by grief, which is very appropriate to nothing as wasted

ministries. And she is releasing a book called Beyond the Darkness, a gentle guide for walking

with grief and thriving after loss. And, and so her, her perspective on grief is amazing,

especially since this, this was in 2019 that this happened. So this wasn't that long ago,

but where the Lord has brought her in the past couple of years is amazing. I don't, I don't

mean to interrupt you, Davey, but I'm just thinking too, like just before COVID, all of this

happened, too, which is just so crazy. Right, right. And so, and we all know that COVID is like a,

it feels like it's been a snail's pace that the last two years, but also at this, like, expedite.

So it almost feels like you missed a couple of years. Right, right. So when I, when I've just kind of

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