A long-ago St. Louis area transplant now has roots deeply embedded in our community. She has seen first hand how coaches, schools, parents and the youth in our area can lift you up when you are down. Share a kind word. Spread a message. Keep one young man's name alive and well so that your biggest fear following the loss of a child isn't realized--that child being forgotten.

 Listen as Prudence talks about the tragic accident that caused her to lose her only son and first born exactly three years ago to the date of this podcast's release. She openly and honestly and bravely discusses developing unhealthy habits to pound down her pain, doing the work in therapy and developing healthy coping skills, Drew coming through dreams and earthly signs when she needed him to say, "I'm OK," realizing that she can do hard things--impossible things, that relationships come before to-do lists, how to console someone who is grieving in the most effective way and why she in no longer irritated when someone calls her strong. Resilient. Brave.

Emily Harrington, here! Mom, wife, retired communications liaison and host of the HyperLocal(s) Podcast. Each week I bring you a pod where townies and transplants share their tales of tears and triumphs, losses and wins. In an effort to provide a way for those that don’t want a public podcast, but still have a story to tell friends and family, I’ve created, In Retrospect: A HyperLocal(s) Project, a private podcast. Visit hyperlocalscu.com/in-retrospect

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