Love. Loss. What Remains.
This week on The Women’s Current, we’re joined by author and journalist Danielle Crittenden, whose new memoir, Dispatches from Grief: A Mother’s Journey Through the Unthinkable, chronicles life after the sudden loss of her daughter, Miranda.
In our conversation, we discuss motherhood, grief, identity, marriage, and what remains after profound loss.
When Danielle’s daughter Miranda died unexpectedly, everything changed.
Not only her daily life.
Not only her sense of self.
But her understanding of love, motherhood, and what it means to continue living while carrying profound grief.
The Relationship Doesn’t End
During our conversation, Danielle reflects on the reality that grief isn’t something we “get over.”
Instead, she describes learning how to carry it.
She shares how motherhood continues after loss, why love doesn’t disappear, and how she came to understand that while the relationship she had with her daughter changed, it did not end.
Grief, Marriage, and Identity
We also talk about the impact grief has on relationships.
How mothers and fathers often experience loss differently.
Why isolation can feel so tempting.
And why staying connected—to partners, friends, and community—can be one of the hardest and most important parts of surviving devastating loss.
Along the way, Danielle explores how loss reshapes identity and how the people we love continue to influence who we become.
A Moment That Stayed With Us
“It’s like getting another pair of glasses when you enter the alternative universe.”
What We Talk About
• How motherhood continues after the loss of a child
• Why grief isn’t something we “move past”
• The impact of loss on marriage and family relationships
• What truly helps when supporting someone who is grieving
• How identity changes after profound loss
• The ways our loved ones continue to shape us long after they’re gone
Questions Worth Asking
This isn’t simply a conversation about grief.
It’s a conversation about love.
About the relationships that continue to exist even after someone is gone.
About how we carry loss, how we support one another, and how we learn to live in a world that has been permanently changed.
Listen if you’ve ever asked:
• How do we continue loving someone who is no longer here?
• What does grief actually feel like?
• What helps when someone we love is suffering?
• How do relationships survive profound loss?
• What remains after everything changes?
Guest Information
Danielle Crittenden – website: https://daniellecrittenden.com/
Author of Dispatches from Grief: A Mother’s Journey Through the Unthinkable, journalist, and commentator.
If this episode resonates, share it with someone who may need the reminder that love does not end when a life does.
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