About this episode

Tracie shares her childhood memories and the impact of her mother's unexpected decision on their family.

Please note that this episode of What Was That Like has a content warning, for discussion of suicide. Do you remember when you were seven years old? At that age, your biggest concerns are playing with your friends, learning new things at school, riding your bike, and what to put on your Christmas list. At least that’s how it is for a lot of kids. And that’s pretty much how it was for Tracie, who you’re about to hear from. She got along with her older brother and sister, and she loved her mom and dad. To anyone who knew the family, everything seemed fine. But one day, Tracie’s mom made a decision that no one expected – and it changed their family forever. If you’d like to contact Tracie, her website is: https://meetmeridian.co/ Full show notes and pictures for this episode are here: https://WhatWasThatLike.com/266 Graphics for this episode by Bob Bretz. Transcription was done by James Lai. Want to discuss this episode and other things with thousands of other WWTL listeners? Join our podcast Facebook group at WhatWasThatLike.com/facebook (many of the podcast guests are there as well) Get every episode ad-free, AND get all the Raw Audio exclusive episodes to binge, by joining the…

People in this episode

Host: Scott Johnson

Guest: Tracie

Topics covered

• suicide
• family
• childhood
• personal stories
• mental health

Keywords

• suicide
• family dynamics
• childhood memories
• mental health
• personal story

Sponsors

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Organizations: What Was That Like, Glassbox Media

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