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Today I\\u2019m talking with Jennifer Morris, a mother and author who decided to share her story of love and loss in order to bring comfort to those who have experienced death in their lives. Her book, titled \\u2018I Will Be With You Alway\\u2019 released last June in 2022, and provides children with a story on how to understand and cope with loss.\\xa0

Another Side to Trauma

Jennifer\\u2019s mother died when she was 5, and still too young to understand what death was. She recalls sitting at the dinner table and asking her family, \\u201cSo, after the funeral, is that when Mom is coming home?\\u201d Eventually, Jennifer learned that her mom had committed suicide, and as a young girl told herself the story that her mother had left her deliberately because she was not enough.\\xa0

Her father\\u2019s struggle with alcoholism led to another narrative of Jennifer\\u2019s: \\u201cI\\u2019m alone with no one to take care of me.\\u201d She spent her life searching for someone to take care of her, willing to be whatever role they needed in order to feel loved. She felt like a ship in the middle of the ocean, with no control over what life brought. Jennifer recounts that it took 20 years for anyone in her family to talk about her mother\\u2019s death.\\xa0

Deepening Relationships with Others

Much of Jennifer\\u2019s healing came in the form of her relationships with her loved ones. She had lived a life where she felt like she wasn\\u2019t enough to keep her mother alive. She recalls a defining moment of bringing her first daughter home for the first time. She was struck with the realization that her own mother must have been so unwell to do what she had, because Jennifer couldn\\u2019t imagine leaving her child. It hadn\\u2019t been her fault.\\xa0

Jennifer always wanted to be closer with her husband and friends, and it took many intense therapy sessions for that to become a reality. Now, however, she feels love and deep joy daily by letting her loved ones know how loved they are, and by \\u2018going deep\\u2019 with everyone she meets.

Finding Love Where It Is

Jennifer wanted her book to be relatable for anyone who has had someone pass.Over years of therapy, self-healing and self-love, she\\u2019s learned that she will always still be connected to her mom. She imparts this journey in her book, \\u2018I Will Always Be With You.\\u2019

\\u201cInstead of looking for where they were,\\u201d Jennifer says, \\u201cfind them where they are.\\u201d She thanks her mother\\u2014and father\\u2014daily for the magical moments in her life, and feels their presence always. Jennifer hopes that listeners know that whatever trauma they experience is not forever. There is hope.\\xa0

Listen in to hear the lessons Jennifer\\u2019s learned from writing her book, how her family dealt with trauma and shame, and what advice she has for listeners.

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