How to Make Sense of a Tragic Loss (Monday Moment ep. 497)
Live Inspired Podcast with John O'Leary
John O'Leary
4.9 • 672 Ratings
🗓️ 12 September 2022
⏱️ 9 minutes
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Summary
How do you cope when things go wrong…even when we do everything right?
Today, learn about Ryan Jastrzembski, a vivacious, playful and joy-filled boy. Last week, on Friday, September 2, 2022, Ryan went home... Just not at all the home any of us had been praying for.
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| 0:00.0 | Hello, my friends, and welcome to the Live Inspired podcast Monday Morden Moments with John O'Leary. |
| 0:15.9 | I record these so you and I can begin our days in awe and on fire with a burst of inspiration. |
| 0:22.5 | And there are times in our life where we all, myself included, need a little of inspiration. |
| 0:28.8 | I'm in that category today. |
| 0:30.6 | And so this podcast, this episode is for those of us who might be dealing with a little bit of struggle, a little bit of loss, a little bit of tragedy. |
| 0:37.0 | Here it goes. |
| 0:42.8 | We first heard about Ryan from a social media friend who read on fire, |
| 0:48.3 | knew our story and thought that we could encourage his family. The following day, we got two additional emails from two additional friends in the same community sharing the story of Ryan. Within a few weeks, |
| 0:57.2 | dozens of emails and direct messages arrive from friends in his community, from neighboring |
| 1:02.2 | communities, and from strangers around the country sharing the story of this little boy named |
| 1:08.5 | Ryan. So who is Ryan? |
| 1:11.0 | Who is Ryan? |
| 1:11.7 | It's a good question. |
| 1:12.5 | Who is Ryan? |
| 1:14.2 | The message has introduced us to Ryan Jasperinsky. |
| 1:17.8 | He's a vivacious, playful, and joy-filled boy. |
| 1:22.4 | Although he has three sisters who adore him at home, |
| 1:25.7 | Ryan's love is being outside. And his favorite thing to do is fishing. |
| 1:32.0 | All who know Ryan share that he's an awesome kid that just exudes life, which made the tragedy he |
| 1:39.9 | experienced the evening of January 24th, 2022, even more difficult for Ryan and for his family. |
| 1:47.6 | This little boy, it's going to sound familiar to those of you who know my story, this little |
| 1:51.8 | boy was burned on more than 90% of his body. |
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