Grace and Grit: Moving Forward with Angie

EPISODE SUMMARY For the past two episodes, you have heard the caregiving season through Angie’s eyes. Today, you get to hear it through someone else who was watching, loving, and quietly holding her up through all of it. Angie’s sister Kristi joins her for an honest, unscripted conversation about what it looks like to support someone you love through the hardest season of their life — from the out...

In Part 2 of The Caregiver You Never Planned to Be , I share what caregiving really looked like behind the scenes. The long nights. The moments I didn’t know what I was doing. The fear I didn’t always say out loud. This episode is honest, unfiltered, and deeply personal. It’s about learning as you go, loving through the hardest moments, and showing up even when you’re unsure and afraid. If you’ve...

This episode is for everyone who has ever found themselves in a role they never asked for, the role of caregiver. Angie opens up about the season that followed Ray’s diagnosis and takes listeners behind the closed doors of a caregiving journey that most people never see. From trying to hold her 36-year career together while caring for Ray at home, to eventually making the hardest choice of her pro...

Episode Summary He loaded her bags every morning before she woke up. He met her at the kitchen door every afternoon. He didn't make speeches, he just showed up. In this deeply personal episode, Angie tells the story of Ray Charles Wilson; how they met (on a dating site she almost didn't join), how he loved her and her daughters, and how a Glioblastoma diagnosis on her youngest daughter's birthday...

Episode Summary Before the stories begin, Angie sits down and introduces herself — not just as a podcast host, but as a widow, a mother, a daughter, a woman of faith, and a survivor of compound grief. She shares why Grace & Grit exists, who it's for, and what you can expect from this space. If you've ever felt invisible in your grief or wondered if anyone truly understands — this episode was m...

Episode Summary Four years in the making, and the moment is finally here. In this short but powerful launch intro, Angie shares the God-given assignment behind Grace & Grit; how a quiet whisper after losing Ray became a podcast, a community, and a calling. This is where it all begins. A note from Angie Hey family. I won't pretend this didn't take courage to press record. But when God places so...