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Self-Care Serenades

Self-Care Serenades

Hosted by: Pami

For the women who woke up to a life they didn’t plan — and chose to live it anyway. Still Here Stories is a podcast about resilience in its quietest, truest form. This is not a show about “bouncing back.” It’s...

Episodes

Moving Through It

Season #4

She sat in her car,didn't turn the key,watched the world outsidemove so easily.Everyone elseseemed so clear, so sure —she just sat there,unlocking the door. Nothing's wrong,that's what she'd say.Job is steady,love's...
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Something Needs To Change

Season #1

I set the table, poured the teaSmiled the smile that everyone needsChecked the boxes, held the lineBut something underneath feels like a signI can't name it, can't explainJust this quiet, restless acheLike the life...
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Making Room for What Comes Next

Season #1

Making Room for What Comes NextShe opened up the closet doorAnd saw the boxes on the floorOld paper dreams and worn-out shoesAnd pieces of the life she knewA sweater from a harder yearA stack of notes she kept too...
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Full Circle

Season #4

[Verse 1]There's a phone callthat changes everything.Her son says"we have a son" —and something in herstarts to sing.[Chorus]Full circle,the love comes back around.She raised her boy up strong,now hears his own boy's...
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Little Light

Season #4

[Verse 1]Nine months ofwondering who,now here you are —we can't believe it's true.Ten little fingers,ten little toes,and a lovenobody quite knows.[Chorus]Welcome, little light,you found your way to us tonight.Two...
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My Own Amen

Season #1

I learned to fold my hands before I learned to find my voiceI learned to follow every word before I learned I had a choiceI loved the songs, I loved the light, I loved the sense of homeBut somewhere in the pews, I...
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The Space Between Us

Season #1

There wasn't a fight, there wasn't a door that slammedNo single word that broke us, no moment that I can nameIt happened like the seasons, so slowly I almost missedThe way you started fading from the life we used to...
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Hello, Little One!

Season #1

I remember the first time I held your mother Counted ten tiny fingers, ten tiny toes Now here you are, wrapped in the softest wonder The newest chapter that nobody fully knows I thought I knew what love was — I did, I...
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Now I'm the One

Season #1

She used to braid my hair before the school bell rangKnew every lullaby and every song she sangNow I'm the one who combs the silver from her crownAnd helps her find the words when memory lets her downHe built the...
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The Quiet House

Season #1

The cereal box is still half fullThe hamper's empty, the house is lullNo backpacks dropped by the doorNo muddy sneakers on the floorI cooked for four and ate for oneLooked at the clock — where have they gone?I always...
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The Body Knows

Season #1

Three in the morning, wide awake againSheets are damp, heart is racingI don't recognize this skin I'm inSomething's shifting, something's changingThe calendar says one thingMy body says anotherLike a language I was...
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Koo-Keey, Brother

Season #4

I still half expect to hear youComing through the trees,Like you’re just a little ways off,Laughing in the breeze.And then that old call rolling,Like it always used to do,“Koo-keey!” through the morning woods—Man, I...
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