At My Kitchen Table
Welcome to At My Kitchen Table, a conversational, interview-y podcast where I have a good yap with a guest!
When I was growing up, the kitchen table was the conversation center in a lot of homes. At my grandparents' house, friends and family alike were welcomed with connection as much as with drinks and food. In my parents' house, that tradition continued as my siblings and I would post up and chat with my mom as she cooked or baked or tried to read a book (with much exasperation as we refused to shut up). I found cozy similarity at my friends' homes with their parents, too.
Keeping with tradition, I create a space for everyone who visits my table, where we get to share a little bit of our journeys together - roses, thorns, and stems.
At My Kitchen Table
Guest: Adam Wright
It’s almost Christmas, and having Adam Wright join me at my kitchen table this week is a gift! I connected with Adam through our mutual friend (and friend of the pod), Jenn. He’s the kind of person you feel like you’ve known forever when you’re five minutes into a conversation with him.
Adam lost both of his parents to cancer, and we discovered that we have a mutual bond in that we both lost our moms in our late thirties and experienced delayed grief. But our talk is far from sad...it’s full of wonder and humor. We chat about his uncanny ability to talk himself into jobs, his love of Lancaster, PA, the world’s worst ball tap, and how his worldview changed for the better after losing his mom and living through COVID. And we talk about the really cool things he was able to do with his mom before she passed away.
Intro riff by Dale Lytle (concert husband).
All content edited (I use that term very loosely) by Karen Shaak.