In Episode 11 of After I Lost You, I’m joined by Mason Sawyer for a conversation about unimaginable loss, grief, and choosing to keep living when your entire world changes.
In 2021, Mason lost five members of his family in a tragic car accident—his wife, Kortni; his two children, Riggins and Franki; his brother, Race; and his nephew, Rider. His son, Blue, survived.
Mason shares who each of them were, the life his family had before the accident, and what it was like facing a life he never imagined he would have to live.
We talk about the darkest parts of grief, being a father to Blue while grieving himself, finding purpose after loss, and Mason’s 10/90 philosophy—the idea that we can’t control everything that happens to us, but we can choose how we respond to what happens next.
This is a conversation about carrying unimaginable loss, while choosing to keep going, and learning that even when everything changes, there can still be hope in the life ahead.