Episode 507: Alexa Norton, Tragic Death of Her Father Daryl on May 3, 2017

Listen, Learn & Love Hosted by Richard Ostler

Richard Ostler

Religion & Spirituality

4.8 • 839 Ratings

🗓️ 14 March 2022

⏱️ 70 minutes

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Summary

My friend Alexa Norton bravely shares the story the sudden and tragic death of her father while skiing in May 2017 (https://www.serenityfhs.com/obituaries/Daryl-Norton-2/). Alexa is sharing her story to help others working through trauma and grief. Alexa shares about the actual experience, what she’s learned, validating grief, finding people that relate, the importance of reaching out and dreams. If you are dealing with the death of a loved one, Alexa’s story will help you. If you want more insights on how to help others walking this brutal road, Alexa’s insights will help you help others. Please check out Alexa’s IG account @griefshine for her blog and other resources to others. Thank you, Alexa for being on the podcast and your courage to share your story. I was glad to learn more about your good father Daryl—what a wonderful man—your effort honor him. Thank you for your efforts to bring hope and healing. You and Kohlmann are a wonderful couple. ** Please check out my new book that talks about improving our culture: deseretbook.com/p/listen-learn-love or amazon.com/dp/1462139566**

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0:00.0	Welcome listeners to another episode of Listen, Learn, and Love hosted by Richard Osler.
0:10.0	My guest on today's podcast, joining me from San Diego via Zoom is my friend Alexa Norton.
0:16.4	Welcome to the podcast.
0:18.4	Thank you.
0:20.3	Alexa is going to talk about the death, a sudden tragic death of her father that occurred in 2017 at age 54.
0:31.2	Correct.
0:32.6	And so this will be a podcast for those of you that have had a sudden death occur in your family, a loved one.
0:38.9	That's incredibly traumatic.
0:41.0	It's a road I don't know.
0:42.5	I may learn that at some time.
0:44.0	I hope I don't.
0:44.9	But I recognize it takes a unique set of ministering skills that often comes from somebody's walking this brutal road themselves to be able to help out and help others.
0:55.7	So Alexa has blogged about this.
0:58.0	We'll link to her blog and the show notes.
1:00.3	She'll talk about it in the podcast.
1:01.7	She'll talk about her father and the things that we can do better to help people.
1:08.0	Coincidentally, I know Alexa's husband, Coleman Kierley, he grew up in our stake, served
1:13.4	a mission to Washington, which is also where Alexa served. Coleman invited me to his wedding
1:21.1	reception in 2017, so I got to meet Alexa and Coleman. And that wedding occurred in July of 2017 just a few months after
1:29.4	her father, Darrell, tragically died. So it's good to circle back with this couple. It's
1:35.4	been almost five years since that happened. They're a great couple and good friends. Is that
1:41.5	okay for an introduction, Alexa? Yeah, that's perfect. So let's just have you
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