Two medical moms, Erica Stearns and Jenny Park, discuss the taboo: difficult decisions, unspoken thoughts, and unusual means of comfort.

This is a new version of an Afterthoughts episode. This episode includes four different outtakes of conversations that I had with Jenny Park from last week’s episode “Love Needs No Words”. This episode includes some snippets of our conversation, parts that I edited out not because they lacked in importance. These pieces range from goofy/serious, from light/heavy, and from casual/intimate. We discuss the Disney songs that get stuck in our heads, the difficult decision to pivot careers, the role our kids play in research, medicine, and science, the ability to communicate without words, and the struggle of navigating anticipatory grief. These outtakes were incredibly vulnerable, revealing, and just really stood out on their own. I will simply be separating them with fragments of music between each. If you listened to the previous episode, you will likely be able to tell what topic we were discussing which led to these outtake conversations. Jenny's account on the story and journey of Josie's life can be followed on Facebook HERE.

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Music by amiina

Cover-art by Kendall Bell

Transcription provided HERE

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