Episode 16: Surviving The Shatter – Five Years Later

In this deeply personal episode, Carrie Ann reflects on the fifth anniversary of her daughter Cassie’s passing. With raw honesty and tender vulnerability, she shares what it has meant to survive five years of grief—when there were days she wasn’t sure she would make it through five minutes.

This episode speaks to the quiet strength it takes to keep breathing after unimaginable loss, and the ways we continue loving and honoring our children even in their absence. Carrie Ann also explores the importance of normalizing how we memorialize our children—giving ourselves permission to remember them openly and beautifully, without apology.

Quote from the episode:
“I didn’t know if I would survive this kind of pain—but somehow, five years later, I’m still here. Still breathing. Still loving her.”

Whether you are newly grieving or years into your loss, this episode offers comfort, companionship, and the reminder that surviving doesn’t mean you’re healed—it means you’re holding on. It’s okay to fall apart. It’s okay to remember in your own way. And it’s okay to still be here, however broken that might feel.