Hi and welcome to the Storytellers Live podcast where everyday women share real and personal stories of encounters with God and His goodness.

This is your host, Robin, and I am here with Dawn, Katie, and Lindy.

And our hope at Storytellers Live is that you would hear these stories and that you would meet God in a new way,

that you would know that you're not alone, and that you would meet God in a new way, that you

would know that you're not alone, and that you would sit and discuss these stories with your friends

over coffee or when you're out and about, just like we're going to sit at the end of this

episode and discuss with each other. Our hope is that walls would come down and that community

would be built in your city and wherever you are.

And today we have Lori's story from Katie, Texas.

And Katie on our team, not from Katie, Texas, is going to tell you a little bit about her story.

That's right, Robin.

Well, today's storyteller Lori speaks about the loss that she experienced and the grief that she

experienced when her husband was diagnosed with cancer and then passed away soon after.

You know, for those of you who are afraid of a sad story, hang in there because this is not a sad

story. Lori gives us hope and she gives us encouragement. And I think there are so many

pearls of wisdom that you're going to come away with after listening to this. We call this one

the transforming power of grief because, wow, grief more than anything else can transform us.

And it's exactly what it did to Lori. And hang in there for those of you that hadn't been in the

new format of our podcast at the end, the four of us are going to sit and discuss and talk about

her story. And so we'd love for you to join us at the end. And here's Lori's story.

We just wanted to take a minute and thank you for being a friend of storytellers.

We hear all the time how much you are enjoying our stories, you're sharing our podcasts, and you believe in what we're doing.

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