JC reflects on the end-of-week shift and normalizes living with change, previews chaplain Melinda joining from St. Croix hospice for a grief-and-loss conversation, and points viewers to on-demand streams.
Monday through Friday is coming to an end. A shift, a change. And you are right here living. We ask that we are always walking through this life with what we got. We'll always be the first to remind you that you're doing it.
Fridays is all grief and loss focused in the live streams. You never know when you're going to have grief sneak up on you. Or you can simply scroll on back and watch a live stream from some other time this week or last week.
Melinda: What do you need today? What's going to surprise you today? My reminder is that you're going to be able to find the resources that you need to move through whatever presents right here in the Cadre sphere. Have a great rest of your Friday, everybody.
Hey there, Cadre. My computer's turning on. Sorry for the lights flipping around in the background. Happy Friday. Happy, happy Friday, everybody. Another week, at least in the traditional sense. Monday through Friday is coming to an end. A shift, a change. And you are right here living. You're doing your best, you're learning, you're growing. And that's what we can ask. We can ask that we are always walking through this life with what we got, doing what we can here in the Cadre sphere. We'll always be the first to remind you that you're doing it.
My name is JC. If we've never shared time and space together before, thank you for the opportunity to do so. Friends, signing in. Nice to see you. Good morning. Good afternoon. Depending where you are on this planet, this is Cadre today. Every single day you get a little moment to go. So what's going on in the Cadre sphere today? Well, later on today, you'll see chaplain Melinda be signing on from St. Croix hospice to go ahead and share some time and space with you and some information and perspective on the journey of grieving.
The reality that if you love, you will lose. That's part of this weird human dance that we get to do. Fridays is all grief and loss focused in the live streams. Right? If you're like, ah, I want. I want something else, great. Go into the prerecorded content. Or you can simply scroll on back and watch a live stream from some other time this week or last week. You can find someone who you've connected with before, or you can find a new face to go ahead and listen to a live stream of. Every single day has a different focus, knowing that sooner or later in life, we all need something a little bit different.
We don't know when that's going to be. So if today is a day where you need to be in a conversation about grief and loss, you got fresh content coming to you. Today's not that day. Find something else. But I'll say this, you never know when you're going to have grief sneak up on you. It did to me yesterday. So I used to be a high school tennis coach, and back in 1997, I started coaching the middle school program while I was still in high school. And there was this very special person in my life, and she was kind of the first.
The first athlete who ever really became one of my athletes. And I say it that way, not that I was teaching, but that I go, wow, you are teaching me so much. Well, anyways, this 6th grader at the time is now 39 years old and has a daughter who is a 9th grader and is playing high school tennis. So this human who I used to coach when they were a 6th grader, now has a 9th grader. And let me tell you, this person who I used to coach, I was her confirmation sponsor. I was in her wedding party, godfather to their children, and they ended up actually marrying another one of my tennis players.
The two of them were married, had two kids, and then when he was 30, so nine years ago, he passed away out of nowhere. He was literally sitting in a chair when they were visiting his mother's house, his parents house, and he passed away. You just go, a 30 year old with two little kids. Yeah, like, death shows up when death wants to show up. But I'll tell you, yesterday we were sitting, me and this now 39 year old woman who I've known for two thirds of her life and with her 9th grader as well, because I went to go watch her play.
And we start telling stories about him because we were at a school where he had played before. And I'm like, wait, is this the school? Where did he get in a car accident here? And it's like, yeah, like he ran into his doubles partner's car and we're laughing and we're telling stories to his daughter. It was this beautiful sunny day sitting in the grass watching tennis, which we're like, we've done this for years and years and years. And in that moment, the power of story, the power of reminiscing, the power of remembering, the power of sharing, all became the gift of this day.
I feel like grief and loss is one of those things. A lot like, you never know when it's, when you're going to want to talk about grieving or talk about losses that you've experienced. I didn't know that that conversation was going to happen yesterday. And it happened with laughter and joy and remembrance. Where are you today? What do you need today? What's going to surprise you today? My reminder is that you're going to be able to find the resources that you need to move through whatever presents right here in the Cadre sphere.
Have a great rest of your Friday, everybody. Enjoy Melinda's livestream later on today. And I'll be back tomorrow morning as we talk a little bit of personal growth. I'll be right here to spend a little enoughness time with you. Talk to you later.
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