
"Recovery doesn't happen overnight. Recovery never ends. But something good had to come out of my worst nightmare."
Episode 12 – Navigating Grief and Finding Hope
Trigger Warning: This episode discusses child and infant loss. Listener discretion is advised.
How do we carry on when the unimaginable happens? Where do we turn when a mother’s worst nightmare comes true? In this episode of Milwaukee Momcast, we sit down with our longtime friend Melissa Bissing to talk about her son Owen, who passed away as an infant, and the legacy of hope and love he has left behind.
This episode reminds us that it is possible for light and hope to emerge from even the darkest of circumstances.
Episode #12 - Show Notes
FEATURED BLOG CONTENT:
- Loss and Recovery: Five Years Later by Melissa
FEATURED RESOURCES:
MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE:
- Bright Red Sexy Kayak
- Find Melissa on MilwaukeeMom.com
Episode #12 - About Our Guest

MELISSA BISSING
Melissa is a Waukesha native and is raising her boys in the same neighborhood she grew up in. Her friends call her Mel. She’s a full-time working mama to three boys and an angel. Mel lives on coffee and Diet Coke. After the boys are in bed, she spends her nights making lunches, doing dishes and crocheting to crime TV. She loves trying new things and laughing until her sides hurt.