Some people influence our lives through what they tell us. Others do it more quietly, through the way they respond when life becomes difficult and the way they continue to show up for the people around them.​

Lynne Hughes joins Legacy Stories to honor her Aunt Patty, a woman whose faith, kindness and steadiness became more meaningful to Lynne as the years passed.

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Looking back, Lynne can also see Patty’s example in the work she has devoted her own life to—helping children and families navigate grief.​

Their story invites us to consider the people whose example becomes part of us, sometimes long before we recognize just how much of them we carry forward.​

And stay with us after the story for a bonus conversation with Lynne about Comfort Zone Camp and their work with grieving children.

“Atlas” by Karlijn Langendijk is used under license as the theme music for Legacy Stories.

"It's OK To Remember", theme song for Comfort Zone Camp, written and performed by Carol Warren, used with permission.

Mary Bomar joins us to honor her mother, Joan Corinne Phelps Bomar — a woman whose strength, kindness, musical spirit, and encouragement shaped generations around her.

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Growing up in rural Virginia, Mary remembers a home full of music, neighborhood children, laughter, incredible cooking, and a mother who always believed in her.

Joan wasn’t a professional musician, but she understood something deeper about music: it should be felt.

And one piece of advice she gave Mary would go on to shape her entire musical life:

“Sing so everyone can understand every word you’re saying.”

In this warm and deeply personal conversation, Mary reflects on childhood memories, family road trips, Sunday dinners, acts of quiet generosity, and the bond between a mother and daughter who never ended a conversation without saying, “I love you.”

This episode is a reminder that legacy is often built in ordinary moments — repeated with extraordinary love.

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Some people influence us through the lessons they teach. Others shape us simply through the life they choose to live.

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Writer, story coach, and spiritual director Amy Lyles Wilson joins Legacy Stories to honor her great-aunt Vannie Hamblett, a beloved and memorable presence whose example made a lasting impression on Amy from an early age.

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Through Amy’s memories, we discover how one person can quietly broaden another’s sense of what is possible—and how the influence of someone dear to us can become even clearer with time.

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