After the funeral ends and the world moves on, grief doesn’t disappear — it gets quiet. In this episode, Stephen shares what that silence felt like after losing his mother — the loneliness, the disorientation, and the strange peace that comes when the noise finally fades.

He reflects on the days leading up to the funeral, the moment everything went still, and how he began to find healing in the quiet that once terrified him.

This isn’t an episode about moving on — it’s about learning to listen in the silence, and realizing that love still speaks there.

This episode is dedicated to my Aunt Gerell in the loss of her mother, Sheila Marshall, and my friend and brother, Marcus Maclin, in the loss of his wife, Tondrea Maclin. May their memories continue to shine through the lives they touched, and may those who love them find comfort in knowing their light still lives on.