HeyJaredAfter The Quiet
After the Quiet is a reflective podcast about coercive control, emotional abuse, and the long aftermath of silence.
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The Last Photo With My Eldest Son (opens the original)
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It was Thanksgiving weekend in October 2022. My family had gathered at my mom's house, and before my eldest son left, someone suggested we take a quick picture together at the front door. It was completely spontaneous. Just a mother and her son standing side by side. In the picture, he towers over me, and I can still see the little boy I raised inside the young man standing beside me. I had no idea it would become the last photograph I would have of just the two of us. Approximately one month la
The Last Birthday Bash (opens the original)
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Labour Day weekend had always meant one thing in my family: our annual birthday celebration for all the Virgos. In September 2022, we gathered at my mom’s house to celebrate my birthday, my sons’ birthdays, and several other family birthdays. We swam, laughed, celebrated, and took countless pictures. I had no idea it would be the last birthday I would ever celebrate with my sons. One photograph from that day has become especially precious—a picture of me with all three of my children. It isn’t a
The Summer I Thought We Were Getting Closer (opens the original)
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The summer of 2022 gave me another reason to believe everything was going to be okay. My middle son called me constantly asking to go to the amusement park—we went 11 times that summer . Sometimes his siblings came, sometimes friends and cousins joined us, and every trip made me believe our relationship was getting stronger. My oldest was driving, working, and becoming more independent, while my daughter spent so much time at my house with her friends that I joked I had three daughters instead o
False Glimmer of Hope (opens the original)
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In July 2022, after months of growing tension and distance, I took all three of my children on a week-long vacation to visit my extended family. For a little while, everything felt normal again. We took pontoon boat rides, spent time at a tiny beach, attempted paddle boarding, squeezed together into a little bunk house, laughed with family, and made memories. I came home believing that maybe we were going to be okay. I didn't know it would be the last family vacation I would ever take with all t
Big Steps Back (opens the original)
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It didn't happen overnight. It happened in inches. By early 2022, getting my teenage sons to school during my parenting time had become such a struggle that I made a decision I would later regret: I told them they could decide when they wanted to stay with me. I thought removing the fight would protect our relationship. Instead, our everyday time together slowly began disappearing. Then, after simply checking on my sick son while his father was out of town, I received a call from the police. Sud
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