Nuggets of Wisdom
October 30, 2014
Nuggets of Wisdom


Dear Dr. Laura, 

I found you again, after several years of not getting to hear your show and advice, my wonderful Sirius radio has brought you back to my car. And, after listening for a few weeks, I'm almost in awe of the influence you had on me and I didn't even know it. 

Several years ago, I listened to you daily. I loved your style, appreciated your candor and took many things to heart. At that time, I was going through a divorce, raising two kids alone and was caring for ailing and dying parents. I was drowning. No one on the outside knew my struggles that I let surface when alone at night: the fears, the wonder of how long I could do this and the plain, enduring fatigue of the demands on me. 

Because I grew up as an athlete, I was disciplined and learned young that you pushed through whatever you had to push through. In fact, I lived because of it - As a college student, I was slammed by another skier into a tree. I died on the slopes, was resuscitated and airlifted to the hospital.  After awakening from a coma, I spent 2 months flat on my back with a reconstructed face, plate in my arm, skull fracture, crushed pelvis, speech aphasia, and the loss of my short term memory. I had no idea if I would walk again and what other life challenges I would face. Fast forward:  I walk, had children and dance. 

The nuggets of wisdom I gleaned from listening to you were never so blatant that I knew it was happening. Instead, it slowly crept into my parenting, my relationship with a demanding mother and my career. You supported me when I didn't even know I would need it. I just wanted you to know, there are so many times you say something and I have an epiphany. I'm thankful to know when I did feel alone and doubtful, you had given me strength to be what I needed to be. Even when I didn't know where it came from. 

Thank you, 

Kyle (female)


Posted by Staff at 10:59 AM