Thank you for joining me and welcome. I am your host, Nick Ryan.

This episode is brought to you by my newest supporters, Marlon, Moose Giggles, and

Christie.

Thanks to all of you for making the show possible. Our first experience of the night comes to us from Megan and Megan's experience is called

The Accidental Summoning.

Megan says,

First, I'd like to give a trigger warning

that my story involves suicide.

On October 9th of 2019, my significant other Sean hung himself in our house.

My family and I continued to live in the house that he died in for the next four years.

I have several stories about my relationship with Sean after he died, but tonight's story comes

from my best friend and current life mate who from here on

out will be referred to as J-DUD. This is J-DUD's experience. Good afternoon

at the insistence of my best friend, I would like to submit my story.

In the summer of 2021, our family, which is a play on words, as it was actually a group of family and friends.

We're getting together for the first time since COVID quarantine does.

We were going to help a friend choose which barbecue to submit to a community barbecue contest.

There were at least 15 of us who were beyond excited to meet up to try several variations of barbecue,

like shredded chicken and shredded pork, plus other cookout fare.

This was also the first time that we would all be getting together since our dear friend

Sean's passing.

The day was beautiful, the weather was perfect, the food was delicious, and we all pitched in and

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