Welcome to episode 030 of Mud Stories!
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Mud Stories is a podcast dedicated to bringing you inspiration in your muddiest moments, hope to make it through your mud, and encouragement for you to know, you are not alone.
In today’s episode I’m talking with Tara Storch, wife to Todd and mom to three lovely children, Taylor, Ryan, and Peyton who resides in Texas with her family.
In 2010, in the aftermath of the tragic death of their oldest daughter Taylor, Todd and Tara Storch chose organ donation. And subsequently founded Taylor’s Gift Foundation–a foundation raising awareness about organ donation all around the nation, funding scholarships for candidates who are outliving themselves, and providing funds to families impacted by organ donation.
Tara holds a degree in marketing from Texas A&M University, and uses her expertise as a marketing professional, author and community leader to make an impact. Tara has appeared on Good Morning America, The Today Show, and The Ellen Show, as well as various other media venues, sharing her family’s journey of finding hope and purpose through their grief.
Todd and Tara have written a book about their journey, entitled Taylor’s Gift, which recently won for Most Inspirational Book at the Books for a Better Life Awards in NYC.
In this episode Tara shares:
- The mud story of losing her 13-year-old daughter Taylor
- Their decision to choose organ donation
- Her deep sadness and anger at God
- And her struggle in answering the question why
Tara and I discuss:
- The uniqueness of each person’s individual grief & how God meets us in it
- How to help our kids grieve
- How time doesn’t necessarily heal us but it does ease the sting of our loss
- How to out live ourselves
- And the importance of registering to be an organ donor
Tara transparently shares about how she personally has maneuvered grief and survived tragic loss, and highlights the good that can come, not only for her and her family, but for each of us too.
Mud Stories 030: Hope amidst grief & how good can come from tragic loss w/ @TaraStorch @TaylorsGift #outliveyourself [Tweet that]
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SCRIPTURE:
What is impossible with man is possible with God.
Luke 18:27 (ESV)
CONNECT with Tara:
Tara’s Website: taylorsgift.org
Social Media:
LINKS:
{To watch this video for Taylor’s Gift Book, CLICK HERE}
- Taylor’s Gift: A Courageous Story of Giving Life and Renewing Hope, by Todd & Tara Storch
- REGISTER to be an organ donor HERE
- Taylor’s Gift Foundation Scholarships
- Media interviews and videos of Tara’s Story
- Tara’s Story on ABC News {VIDEO}
- Tara’s Story on The Today Show {VIDEO}
- Tara on The Ellen Degeneres Show {VIDEO}
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