Episode 115 is a gift

I came across the “You Made It Weird” podcast about 8 or 9 years ago when I was looking everywhere specifically for <<<Mike Birbiglia content>>> and saw he’d been on Pete’s show multiple times. Have listened to Pete’s podcast since then and this one since it started. I am a huge fan of both. My husband and I wanted to go see “The Old Man and the Pool” but it didn’t work for us to go to NYC while it was playing. But we saw Pete in SF for our anniversary last January. He listened to “We made it weirds” with me… He died unexpectedly two months ago and I’ve been in the aftermath of grief. As morbid as the old man and the pool is I couldn’t wait to see it. I watched it today and found comfort in laughing and being moved by the vulnerability of it all even though some was really hard. Then this episode dropping today, hearing Mike and Pete talk about both shows (Pete’s special has some of the same material my hubs and I saw) is like a gift to my soul. I need to be able to laugh now more than ever. And I find myself writing poetry to process my grief so I can be there for my 2 year old. I plan to WIO so I can publish the poetry later. Thanks for being a lifeline in my darkest chapter.