How do you tell someone you love that their deepest conviction—the organizing principle of their entire life—is something you no longer believe? At some point, I realized that I needed to disappear into the crowds of the world and begin my life. Start again. Maybe for the first time.
Episode 2: The Cost of Heaven - Breaking Free
Jun 03, 2025

The Silence Between Hello
When my mom died, I had over 30 minutes of voicemails on my phone. The Silence Between Hello is a podcast about what remains when distance, faith, and memory reshape a relationship. These voicemails, one-way conversations spanning Mom’s final years, are not just recordings of her voice, but artifacts of something bigger. They tell a story about the complexity of love across difference and distance, encompassing pain and tenderness, misunderstanding and recognition.
When my mom died, I had over 30 minutes of voicemails on my phone. The Silence Between Hello is a podcast about what remains when distance, faith, and memory reshape a relationship. These voicemails, one-way conversations spanning Mom’s final years, are not just recordings of her voice, but artifacts of something bigger. They tell a story about the complexity of love across difference and distance, encompassing pain and tenderness, misunderstanding and recognition.
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