After a semi-unplanned hiatus, E & L settle back down in the coziness, give you the parenting a dead child version of "What I did over summer break..." and discuss the strange intersections between living amid grief and embracing joy. Spoiler alert: It's messy and sometimes involves moving to Texas! Growing pains are definitely a thing when moving through the grief cycles (even when those cycles are joyful!) especially when bumping up against the expectations to live in the sads after losing a child. We don't really have the answers but we DO know we are super happy to be back together and with all of ya'll. 

Lauren & Emy are back from their impromptu break and catching up in real time from across the country. On this week's episode they talk everything from: twerkin', water bottles, first dates, kazoos, and pro-life ads in The South! It's a ride you should definitely take. Don't forget to RATE and follow on IG @sadcomfycouch.

On this very special 5th episode of Sad Comfy Couch, yeah, you'll get your usual Emy & Lauren banter, and that's fine and all, but this week, your hosts are joined by a VERY special and relevant guest. You guessed it! It's Lauren's sweet doofy pit bull, Gertie, who joins the couch party to heavily breathe over your regularly scheduled podcast. In addition to Gertie's input, join L & E after their week off surviving COVID and family graduations, navigating the intersection between grief and relief (and all the guilt therein), battling medical tomfoolery as people in bodies, and the grieving gals' guide to proper road-trip shenanigans. We're all over the map this week, and we invite you to come along for the ride!