Hey friend, welcome back to another episode of Dying Laughing. I am your goofy grief guru, Jesse May Paluso, your esteemed host. And this week is a special episode. I actually sit down with a gentleman named Micah Teruya. He is a guitar maker, a musician, and a widower. And honestly, one of the most soulful human beings I've sat and chatted with

in a really long time. After losing his wife to a seven-year battle with ALL leukemia,

Micah did something extraordinary. I discovered him off of Instagram and his video, a couple of his

videos actually literally brought me to tears. He built a guitar with

his late wife's ashes and wedding ring embedded inside of it. And somehow that tells you

everything you need to know about this episode. This conversation is about grief and loss, yes,

but it's also about devotion and caregiving and what family means after your wife passed or your loved one passed, what family looks like and creativity and what creativity looks like.

And what happens when love outlives the body.

We talk about how loss can change your art, your music, your identity,

and your relationship to everything you've ever known, and how even devastation can leave

behind unexpected gifts. It's tender, profound, hopeful, and deeply human. So take a breath,

settle in. Let's get into it. To observe skulls and skeletons, consider death.

Hey everybody. Welcome back to another episode of Dying Laughing. I am your comedy death

dula, your host, Jesse May Pluso, and this is a podcast that brings humor to all

types of loss, because you know, I think laughing should be a stage of grief. I'm going to add it into the book. And there's a hot tip watching videos on other people's grief will make you ugly cry in public anywhere. Target parking lots inside the target. Doesn't matter. In your car, which looks like you're probably being broken up with by your AI boyfriend or girlfriend.

But that brings me to today's episode.

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