Episode 10- Finding Joy After Child Loss

“Feeling is healing.”

After losing her two-year-old daughter, Joy, Tami Weaver faced the unimaginable task of grieving while parenting four other children and holding her family together.

Tami joins Andrew and Kristen to remember the spirited little girl Joy was and to share what followed her unexpected death: shock, empty arms, different grieving styles within a marriage, and the challenge of helping children mourn their sister.

Eighteen years later, Tami still misses Joy and continues to speak of her as part of the family. Her faith has not erased the sorrow, but it has helped her carry it with hope, compassion, and the belief that today’s pain will not always feel this overwhelming.

This tender conversation is for anyone living with loss—or trying to support someone who is. Tami offers no shortcut through grief, only an honest reminder: allow yourself to feel, take the next small step, and trust that you will breathe again.

Content note: This episode discusses the death of a young child and family grief.