Thanks For Being Here Meghan's Story of Writing Her Mom's Eulogy

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Kelly Corrigan Show

Society & Culture

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🗓️ 21 January 2024

⏱️ 9 minutes

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Meghan Jarvis’ beautiful story of what happened as she holed herself up in a friend’s home to write her mother’s eulogy. This is for anyone who has written a eulogy and knows what an emotionally fraught yet transformative time it can be. (Previously aired) Note that we have changed our email address from the one mentioned in this past episode. If you would like to reach out to us, please use: hello@kellycorrigan.com To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hey, Anna, I've got a new secret weapon for print. Print? Vista print, right? That's not a secret. Print everything for your business with VistaPrint. Business cards, stickers, t-shirt, signage, even photo books from your last holiday. If you need it, we print it at vistoprint.co.uk. Hi, everyone. Welcome to Thanks for being here, a short weekly pod to remind us of the many essential and beautiful ways
0:22.9	we affect one another. Every Sunday, I'll read a submission from a listener of Kelly Corrigan
0:28.6	wonders. Could be wedding vows or a bat mitzvah toast, a eulogy, or retirement speech. We believe
0:35.4	this is probably the loveliest way to tap into our better selves and remember
0:39.6	our highest values. We encourage you to share this podcast each week with one person you love,
0:46.0	maybe someone you miss and need to bring closer, someone you want to feel your appreciation
0:51.1	or admiration or both. This is thanks for being here. Today's thanks for being here
1:03.3	comes from Megan Jarvis. It was sent back in January of 2022, which shows you how long we hold on to
1:10.3	each submission. Hi, Kelly. I was long we hold on to each submission.
1:11.9	Hi, Kelly.
1:12.9	I was on a call about a year ago when you read the last pages of Tell Me More,
1:17.9	you made me cry.
1:19.5	I'm a trauma therapist who specializes in grief,
1:22.2	and I lightly stalk you regularly on the internet.
1:26.1	My mother, Mary Reardon, died in 2019 while I was on vacation in her house with her,
1:31.3	and my children, and my asshole dog, Madeline Albright, the puppy.
1:37.3	Despite having all the training and all the things and 20 years in the field, I developed terrible PTSD and spent three weeks at an
1:46.4	inpatient treatment center, the same facility where I send my own clients. I'm so grateful for everything
1:52.0	you do in the grief space and if I can contribute, I'd be honored. It's literally all I do all day
1:57.9	long. Try to help people get better grief education so it can hurt maybe one percent
2:03.5	less. I've attached her obit, which I love, the story about writing her eulogy, the comments from her
2:09.1	lawn crew, and the eulogy itself, which had so many rules on it, it sort of broke my heart.
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