About six weeks after my mom passes away, we receive an insulated bag in the mail, and it really throws me for a loop.Music from #Uppbeathttps://uppbeat.io/t/ra/prospectLicense code: CPISWVFKQOOTBTM

It's my first time at a casino and I'm with my dad, but it doesn't go the way I thought it would. This is the story.Music from #Uppbeat (free for Creators!):https://uppbeat.io/t/airstream/cray-blues-rockLicense code: HYYSTJ7MPMWHLHSO

My younger son has been back from LA for about six weeks now. He's been rotating between his friends' homes because he doesn't want to live with us. Then in the middle of the sixth week, he finds a second home and family. This is the story.Music from #Uppbeat (free for Creators!):https://uppbeat.io/t/ra/reaching License code: JD8USL3BYQOCB8BK

My younger son has been living in LA for about seven months now. He moved there to pursue his dream of performing for a living, but he's ready to come home. This is the story.Music from #Uppbeathttps://uppbeat.io/t/ra/simple-giftLicense code: AHHWDBCVR2PJDXT6

When I switch to a new gym, I meet a married couple who remind me of another couple I met many years ago in London. (This story references an earlier story called Green with Envy - Episode 156)Music from #Uppbeathttps://uppbeat.io/t/sky-toes/light-on-the-pathLicense code: C0OL6LFGLAGXFNZG

My world turns upside down one morning when my older son calls to tell me that he might have cancer. This is the story.Music from #Uppbeat (free for Creators!):https://uppbeat.io/t/monobox/heartstringsLicense code: MYKCT629BU9CV187

Husband Number One comes home eight hours late without so much as a phone call and then tells me that he doesn't want to be married anymore. This story tells what happens next.Music from #Uppbeathttps://uppbeat.io/t/tobias-voigt/roll-with-meLicense code: HUHFW0GSZTBUJSFU

The boys and I spend the entire summer at home with my mom; my husband just the last two weeks. About a month after our return to London, this is what happens.Music from #Uppbeathttps://uppbeat.io/t/tobias-voigt/sweet-summerLicense code: BM99K0VAMNZGCR3T

My podcast is three years old today, and in celebration of this anniversary I have decided to re-release the first four episodes published that day, so that the listeners who have joined us somewhere in the middle can hear how it all began, and the listeners who have been with us since the beginning will realize how far I have come in my life.This episode is the first story in my caregiving thread. My mom is diagnosed with Parkinson's Disease about 10 years before she passes away, and my husband and I officially become her caregivers.Music from Uppbeat (free for Creators!):https://uppbeat.io/t/sky-toes/homewardLicense code: H1H1TC719XQVVX7J

My podcast is three years old today, and in celebration of this anniversary I have decided to re-release the first four episodes published that day, so that the listeners who have joined us somewhere in the middle can hear how it all began, and the listeners who have been with us since the beginning will realize how far I have come in my life.This episode is the first story in the young girl to college girl thread. Believe it or not, I was very shy and unhappy as a young girl, that is until my mom hears me crying in my room one night before bed.Music: www.purple-planet.com