Episode 616: Geri Broadbent, Husband Died in 2021 at Age 43, Mother of Four

Listen, Learn & Love Hosted by Richard Ostler

Richard Ostler

Religion & Spirituality

4.8 • 839 Ratings

🗓️ 22 February 2023

⏱️ 84 minutes

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Summary

My friend Geri Broadbent joins us to share the story of her husband Dan who died at age 43 after an 6-year battle cancer. Geri talks about the years (some during COVID) of his cancer treatments and his passing in December of 2021. She talks about the things she did to find hope and support during his battle and after his passing. She talks about the courage of her husband Dad and how she found to best support him. She talks about things family and friends did that were helpful—and how we can do better. She talks about life after Dan including Church (Geri in an active Latter-day Saint), therapy, finding hope and healing, and supporting her four children. If you have lost your spouse or a loved one—or are looking to better support someone walking this road, I encourage you to listen to Geri’s story. She is vulnerable, brave, real, insightful—with unique insights to find hope and healing. Thank you, Geri, for being on the podcast. You did a great job of honoring your good husband Dan and bringing more understanding for support people dealing with the death of a loved one. You voice is so needed in our community. Links mentioned in the podcast: Geri’s Instagram Account: https://www.instagram.com/dan_beats_cancer/ Dan’s obituary: https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/name/daniel-broadbent-obituary?id=31800935

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0:00.0	Welcome listeners to another episode of Listen, Learn, and Love, hosted by Richard Osler.
0:10.8	My guest on today's podcast is my friend Jerry Broadbent.
0:14.7	Welcome to the podcast, Jerry.
0:18.3	Thanks for having me.
0:20.4	Jerry is joining me from her home in Gilbert, Arizona, and she's going to share the story of losing her husband, Dan, at age 23. He died on December 4th, 2021. So that's about 14 months ago from when we're recording, leaving Jerry, G-E-R-I is the way I'm spelling your name.
0:42.2	That's correct.
0:43.2	A widow with four kids.
0:45.0	You've got three girls and then a boy.
0:48.1	And Jerry reached out to me and I just thought it would be helpful to have on the podcast.
0:52.6	This is brave of her.
0:54.6	I think it honors Dan who's gone and Dan went early at 43 and I assume you're in your 40s,
1:00.5	Jerry? Yes, I am. I'm actually just turned 43 myself. So you're a young family and now you're
1:07.0	raising these kids alone that are probably around 11 to 1, or 14 to 4, I think.
1:13.2	Maybe they're 12 to 16. Yeah.
1:17.3	Okay. Age 18 to 6 or the age of your kids. Yes. Let's get that right. But our hope is this will be
1:25.7	helpful if you've lost your spouse.
1:28.7	Jerry's been on this road for a while.
1:31.1	Maybe some of the things she shares with you will help you if you are wanting to better support a family love that has lost somebody early and not quite sure the right things to say or not say.
1:43.5	Our hope is this will help you and and then
1:46.8	I think of Dan your husband up in heaven I hope this keeps his memory alive and somehow he's
1:51.4	aware that you're talking about him Jerry and want to keep his memory alive and the good man he is
1:57.6	and I like to use not past tense to refer to somebody.
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