Welcome to all there is. This will be the second to last episode this season.

I'll likely do another season down the road but I'm going to be taking a break for a bit.

I've already started to listen to some of the many voicemails that you've left and they're incredibly

moving and I'm really grateful for all of you who've taken the time to call and leave such thoughtful and

personal messages. If there's something you've learned in your grief that you think

might help others, feel free to call and leave a message about it. I can't

promise I'll use it in next week's

episode but I do promise I will listen to all of your messages eventually. The

number you can call is 917 7276818. That's 917 727 6818. That's 917 727, 68.

I'll leave it again at the end of the podcast.

When I was listening to your messages,

I kept thinking that I wish I could put all of you who are

listening in touch with one another because hearing your messages it really

became so clear to me that all of us are part of a community, a community of people who know and feel loss.

It's a community though that's too often hidden, but it's actually all around us. I've talked about this before but I've felt so

alone in my grief for so long but hearing all of your voices it's just a

reminder to me yet again that none of us is alone in our grief.

In today's episode you're going to hear from Randy Shalin.

He's a radiologist who spent much of his career as a flight surgeon in the Navy.

I met Randy several years ago by chance.

It's actually kind of a funny story.

Randy looks a lot like me, so much so that he often gets mistaken for me.

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