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Holding the Light: Sharing Hope After Child Loss

Holding the Light: Sharing Hope After Child Loss

Di: Monica and Colby Charette
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Holding the Light: Sharing Hope After Child Loss is a podcast for grieving parents, siblings, family and friends navigating life after the loss of a child.

Co-hosted by bereaved mother and her son Monica and Colby Charette, this podcast offers honest conversations about child loss, grief, and healing. Through personal stories, guest interviews, and reflections, we explore what it means to carry and witness grief, find connection, and live with love after unimaginable loss. Whether you are a grieving parent, sibling, family member or supporting someone through child loss and seeking to better understand grief, this podcast provides comfort, validation, and hope.


Topics include:

· living with child loss

· grief after losing a child

· supporting bereaved families

· navigating relationships and family grief

· finding meaning and legacy after loss


We are here to say their name with you. You are not alone. Together, we are Holding the Light.


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Episodi
  • Monica Charette: 12 Reasons We Need to Talk About Grief

    Monica Charette: 12 Reasons We Need to Talk About Grief
    Oct 11 2026

    12 years. 12 reasons. One conversation we need to have.

    October 11, 2026 marks 12 years since Cassidy died. This year, I am stepping behind the microphone solo to talk about something our world still struggles to talk about:

    grief.

    What it is. What it needs. Why it doesn't follow a timeline. Why we need to keep saying our children's names. Why grief and joy can live side by side.
    And why, sometimes, grief simply needs a witness.

    This is more than an episode about my grief. It’s a conversation for anyone who has lost someone they love—and for everyone who loves someone who is grieving.

    What did you think? Share your feedback in a text message.

    Holding the Light is an original, monthly podcast created and hosted by Monica and Colby Charette, edited and produced by Monica Charette, with support from Julia Vigue and Sophia Speeckaert. EMAIL US (shineoncass@gmail.com) with questions, comments, or a request to join us as a guest. We also welcome you to visit us at ShineOnCass (www.shineoncass.org) where our family continues to Shine the Light of Cassidy.

    Our podcast’s theme music is As Long As You Love (Scarlet Wings) written and sung by Cindy Bullens, from the album Somewhere Between Heaven and Earth produced by Blue Lobster Records (1999). Available on CD or download at     www.cidnybullens.com. Mention Holding the Light Podcast and receive a signed copy!

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    25 min
  • Kelli Swank: Building Jack's Legacy

    Kelli Swank: Building Jack's Legacy
    Sep 11 2026

    Two years ago, Kelli Swank's world changed forever when her 24-year-old son, Jack, died unexpectedly from unknown causes.

    In this deeply honest conversation, Kelli shares what it's like to live with unanswered questions, how grief transformed her family, her journey to sobriety after trying to numb the pain, and how Jack's final gift of organ donation saved four lives. And so much more we can learn about child loss grief.

    Building Jack's Legacy is bringing comfort and joy to children in hospitals, one Lego set at a time.

    Building Jack's Legacy Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61578224261919

    Donate A Lego Set! AmazoneLego Wish List:

    https://www.amazon.com/registries/gl/guest-view/3W12ZVOEQRC0W?ref_=cm_sw_r_apin_ggr-subnav-share_NMSBHZ6SC94QH1VTTA5K&language=en-US&fbclid=IwY2xjawTv28dwZG9mAWV4dG4DYWVtAjEwAGJyaWQRMTlJQXcxdkg3aDkzbWlLbktzcnRjBmFwcF9pZBAyMjIwMzkxNzg4MjAwODkyAAEeS24S2sFyW5qDFKDkzPw406OmiuNdOy273em3dqH-qG4lDDVM6Qy5DRj5DF8_aem_N2SFZMPiTFMcXFIzYpI-jA

    Building Jack's Legacy Website: buildingjackslegacy.org

    What did you think? Share your feedback in a text message.

    Holding the Light is an original, monthly podcast created and hosted by Monica and Colby Charette, edited and produced by Monica Charette, with support from Julia Vigue and Sophia Speeckaert. EMAIL US (shineoncass@gmail.com) with questions, comments, or a request to join us as a guest. We also welcome you to visit us at ShineOnCass (www.shineoncass.org) where our family continues to Shine the Light of Cassidy.

    Our podcast’s theme music is As Long As You Love (Scarlet Wings) written and sung by Cindy Bullens, from the album Somewhere Between Heaven and Earth produced by Blue Lobster Records (1999). Available on CD or download at     www.cidnybullens.com. Mention Holding the Light Podcast and receive a signed copy!

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    38 min
  • Pattie Gallant Part 2: Painting Beauty with His Ashes

    Pattie Gallant Part 2: Painting Beauty with His Ashes
    Jun 11 2026

    We’re back this month for the second half of our conversation with Pattie Gallant, a bereaved mother who shares her story of losing her son Evan to cancer, and the journey she is now on 9 years later—leaning into his legacy—to find peace.

    We encourage you to revisit Episode #46: Anticipatory Grief, where Pattie shares her experience preparing for Evan’s passing, and the lessons she learned from him about dying, and living.

    Referenced in this episode:

    Gosnell Memorial Hospice House is an inpatient facility for end of life care in Scarborough, Maine.

    David Kessler is a world-renowned expert on death and dying. He has published many books, including Finding the Meaning of Grief Through the Five Stages of Grief he co-wrote with psychiatrist Elisabeth Kübler-Ross.

    What did you think? Share your feedback in a text message.

    Holding the Light is an original, monthly podcast created and hosted by Monica and Colby Charette, edited and produced by Monica Charette, with support from Julia Vigue and Sophia Speeckaert. EMAIL US (shineoncass@gmail.com) with questions, comments, or a request to join us as a guest. We also welcome you to visit us at ShineOnCass (www.shineoncass.org) where our family continues to Shine the Light of Cassidy.

    Our podcast’s theme music is As Long As You Love (Scarlet Wings) written and sung by Cindy Bullens, from the album Somewhere Between Heaven and Earth produced by Blue Lobster Records (1999). Available on CD or download at     www.cidnybullens.com. Mention Holding the Light Podcast and receive a signed copy!

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    36 min
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