Life After Loss: A Widow’s Journey With Four Children

What happens when life shatters — and you still have to show up for your children?

In this deeply moving episode of From Tears to Triumph: A Widow’s Journey, we sit down with Allison Durst, a young widow and mother of four, to talk honestly about grief, trauma, faith, and survival after unimaginable loss.

Allison lost her husband, Will, suddenly at age 42 in a tragic car accident. Three of their children were in the car. At the same time, one of her children was battling cancer. In this conversation, Allison opens up about the first weeks of shock, the fog of grief, and the long road of helping four children grieve differently — each at their own age and stage.

We discuss:

• What the first weeks after loss really feel like

• How children grieve differently by age

• Parenting while grieving — without pretending you’re okay

• Letting kids see your grief without overwhelming them

• Trauma, flashbacks, and fear after loss

• The role of community, church, and practical support

• How to keep a spouse’s memory alive for children

• Finding meaning, purpose, and even gratitude after devastation

• Why grace — especially self-grace — is essential for widows

This episode is honest, tender, and deeply human. It’s for widows, parents, caregivers, friends walking alongside grief, and anyone who wonders how people keep going after the unthinkable.

You don’t have to have the answers.
You don’t have to be strong all the time.
You just have to take the next step.

🎙 Because grief doesn’t end — but neither does love.