📢 When a child dies, two hearts break and they don’t have to break apart.

In this deeply moving episode of Female Voices: Life & Loss, Teresa Reiniger sits down with LaWayna and Josh Berry, devoted parents who open their hearts about the devastating loss of their three-year-old son, Joshie. With grace, honesty, and deep vulnerability, they share how grief has reshaped their relationship, their faith, and their everyday lives.

Together, the Berry’s explore the raw and often unspoken complexities of grieving not only as individuals, but also as a couple. They speak candidly about how their different grieving styles have required compassion, communication, and patience, and how they continue to choose connection over isolation. From the comforting rituals that ground them to the support systems that carry them, they reflect on the painful but powerful path toward healing.

🎧Whether you’re a parent walking through loss, a partner trying to hold space for someone’s sorrow, or simply someone seeking hope in the midst of heartbreak—this episode offers tenderness, wisdom, and the gentle reminder that you are not alone.

Key Topics Discussed:

✔️ Understanding grief as a couple: grieving together separately

✔️ The role of community, support groups, and faith in processing loss

✔️ Grieving differently as partners and the importance of honoring those differences

✔️ Daily rituals: check-ins, gratitude practices, time for grief

✔️ Healing practices for parents: prayer, meditation, therapy, group participation

Key Takeaways:

✅ Support Matters: Lean on faith, friends, or groups, grief is too heavy to bear alone.

✅ Honor Differences: Recognize grief might look different for each partner and that's ok.

✅ Ritual and Routine: Set daily time to connect, reflect, and remember.

✅ Practice Faith & Gratitude: Simple morning routines can stabilize emotions.

✅ Stay in Community: Healing is often found through shared stories and walking alongside others who've been there.

Quotes to Remember:

💭 “Grief is not being okay with what has been lost…but allowing it to come and then letting it go.” Josh Berry

💭 “As long as he was working on his ‘areas of improvement,’ I was willing to stay and walk beside him.” LaWayna Berry

💭 “Men and women grieve differently—not wrong, just different.” Teresa

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