Rio Grange: Honoring a Parent through Complexity

Published: Feb. 17, 2021, 12:15 p.m.

How do we honor parents who make choices we don’t understand? On this week's All In episode, Rio Grange discusses her relationship with her father, who struggled with mental health and other difficult issues in his life. Rio wrote, “Some things are not meant to make sense, or seem fair, or reach resolution in this life—and that can be hard to sit with. But these experiences bring learning and growth, while ‘earthside’ that otherwise would not have been possible. The complexities in between and all throughout will be taken care of ‘heavenside.’” Rio shares what our Heavenly Father's plan is teaching her about navigating complexities in family relationships. “It’s his story. It’s between him and the Savior and I kept trying to put my dad between myself and my Savior as I tried to heal. …But I had to learn that the healing I needed was between myself and my Savior.” Show Notes 1:50- Two Passions Becoming One 3:47- Community 5:23- A Daddy’s Girl 10:08- Taking the Best Parts 15:37- Adult Children of Divorce 19:21- Shared Grief, Individual Healing 25:30- When Foundations Feel Unsteady 29:00- “The Great Plan” 32:08- An Unfinished Story 34:15- "Breathe and Enjoy” 37:00- What Does It Mean To Be All In the Gospel of Jesus Christ? Find the full episode transcript at ldsliving.com/allin. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.