The Happiest Saddest People
The Happiest Saddest People
JL Gerhardt
A very true story.
To New Life
The end...*The Happiest Saddest People is a memoir. It reflects the author's present recollections of experiences over time. As we all know, "Memories are fuzzy things, like bunnies really. Difficult to hold. Quick to run away." *-Follow The Happiest Saddest People on: SubstackInstagramMore from JL Gerhardt: The Goodness-Credits: Writing, Narration: JL GerhardtSound Design: Justin Gerhardt, John RhodesManuscript Editing: Justin Gerhardt, Allison Justus-Also from Hazefire Studios: Holy Ghost Stories 
May 6, 2025
34 min
Chapter 16: Cerca del Cielo
Truths about the wilderness and journeying beyond*The Happiest Saddest People is a memoir. It reflects the author's present recollections of experiences over time. As we all know, "Memories are fuzzy things, like bunnies really. Difficult to hold. Quick to run away." *-Follow The Happiest Saddest People on: SubstackInstagramMore from JL Gerhardt: The Goodness-Credits: Writing, Narration: JL GerhardtSound Design: Justin Gerhardt, John RhodesManuscript Editing: Justin Gerhardt, Allison Justus-Also from Hazefire Studios: Holy Ghost Stories 
Apr 29, 2025
35 min
Chapter 15: My Brother
Riding waves and seeing visions *The Happiest Saddest People is a memoir. It reflects the author's present recollections of experiences over time. As we all know, "Memories are fuzzy things, like bunnies really. Difficult to hold. Quick to run away." *-Follow The Happiest Saddest People on: SubstackInstagramMore from JL Gerhardt: The Goodness-Credits: Writing, Narration: JL GerhardtSound Design: Justin Gerhardt, John RhodesManuscript Editing: Justin Gerhardt, Allison Justus-Also from Hazefire Studios: Holy Ghost Stories 
Apr 22, 2025
29 min
Chapter 14: Intertwined
Who's carrying the ice? *The Happiest Saddest People is a memoir. It reflects the author's present recollections of experiences over time. As we all know, "Memories are fuzzy things, like bunnies really. Difficult to hold. Quick to run away." *-Follow The Happiest Saddest People on: SubstackInstagramMore from JL Gerhardt: The Goodness-Credits: Writing, Narration: JL GerhardtSound Design: Justin Gerhardt, John RhodesManuscript Editing: Justin Gerhardt, Allison Justus-Also from Hazefire Studios: Holy Ghost Stories 
Apr 15, 2025
31 min
Chapter 13: Object Permanence
On seeing and not seeing, reality and unreality, winter and summer.*The Happiest Saddest People is a memoir. It reflects the author's present recollections of experiences over time. As we all know, "Memories are fuzzy things, like bunnies really. Difficult to hold. Quick to run away." *-Follow The Happiest Saddest People on: SubstackInstagramMore from JL Gerhardt: The Goodness-Credits: Writing, Narration: JL GerhardtSound Design: Justin Gerhardt, John RhodesManuscript Editing: Justin Gerhardt, Allison Justus-Also from Hazefire Studios: Holy Ghost Stories 
Apr 8, 2025
31 min
Chapter 12: The Fourth
What God had for me at the site of the wreck...*The Happiest Saddest People is a memoir. It reflects the author's present recollections of experiences over time. As we all know, "Memories are fuzzy things, like bunnies really. Difficult to hold. Quick to run away." *-Follow The Happiest Saddest People on: SubstackInstagramMore from JL Gerhardt: The Goodness-Credits: Writing, Narration: JL GerhardtSound Design: Justin Gerhardt, John RhodesManuscript Editing: Justin Gerhardt, Allison Justus-Also from Hazefire Studios: Holy Ghost Stories 
Apr 1, 2025
30 min
Chapter 11: A Happy Cross
When God begins building atop the wreckage…*The Happiest Saddest People is a memoir. It reflects the author's present recollections of experiences over time. As we all know, "Memories are fuzzy things, like bunnies really. Difficult to hold. Quick to run away." *-Follow The Happiest Saddest People on: SubstackInstagramMore from JL Gerhardt: The Goodness-Credits: Writing, Narration: JL GerhardtSound Design: Justin Gerhardt, John RhodesManuscript Editing: Justin Gerhardt, Allison Justus-Also from Hazefire Studios: Holy Ghost Stories 
Mar 25, 2025
30 min
Chapter 10: Look
This is not a tree…but it is a tree. An oak is an oak is an oak. *The Happiest Saddest People is a memoir. It reflects the author's present recollections of experiences over time. As we all know, "Memories are fuzzy things, like bunnies really. Difficult to hold. Quick to run away." *-Follow The Happiest Saddest People on: SubstackInstagramMore from JL Gerhardt: The Goodness-Credits: Writing, Narration: JL GerhardtSound Design: Justin Gerhardt, John RhodesManuscript Editing: Justin Gerhardt, Allison Justus-Also from Hazefire Studios: Holy Ghost Stories 
Mar 18, 2025
27 min
Chapter 9: Tears
On being emptied in order to be filled...*The Happiest Saddest People is a memoir. It reflects the author's present recollections of experiences over time. As we all know, "Memories are fuzzy things, like bunnies really. Difficult to hold. Quick to run away." *-Follow The Happiest Saddest People on: SubstackInstagramMore from JL Gerhardt: The Goodness-Credits: Writing, Narration: JL GerhardtSound Design: Justin Gerhardt, John RhodesManuscript Editing: Justin Gerhardt, Allison Justus-Also from Hazefire Studios: Holy Ghost Stories 
Mar 11, 2025
24 min
Chapter 8: Anointed
What's to be found in the sadness? It may be more than we imagined. *The Happiest Saddest People is a memoir. It reflects the author's present recollections of experiences over time. As we all know, "Memories are fuzzy things, like bunnies really. Difficult to hold. Quick to run away." *-Follow The Happiest Saddest People on: SubstackInstagramMore from JL Gerhardt: The Goodness-Credits: Writing, Narration: JL GerhardtSound Design: Justin Gerhardt, John RhodesManuscript Editing: Justin Gerhardt, Allison Justus-Also from Hazefire Studios: Holy Ghost Stories 
Feb 18, 2025
25 min
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