Episode 113: Mike the Widower Warrior: Grief from a Husband & Father’s Perspective

We talk a lot on this show about what grief looks like for a widow. Today we hear it from a widower — a dad still showing up for his four kids while carrying the loss of his wife. Mike Daniels lost his wife Angela to cancer in 2018, after 16 years together. In this conversation he's honest about the parts of grief men don't usually say out loud: the anger, the doubt, the nights you wrestle with God — and the faith that held anyway. EPISODE SUMMARY: Mike Daniels is a husband, a father of four, and a widower. When Angela died of cancer in 2018, he was left to raise their children — ages 16, 14, and twin 11-year-olds — through the hardest season of his life. We talk about grief from a man's perspective: why men so often channel pain into anger, what it's like to doubt and still believe, facing death with faith, and where hope actually comes from. SCRIPTURE REFERENCES: Hebrews 11 — the faith chapter; the faithful who "died in faith" still believing (Hebrews 11:13; 11:39-40). Jesus on John the Baptist, that none is "greater born of women" (Matthew 11:11). John the Baptist's martyrdom (Matthew 14). GUEST: Mike Daniels lives in southern Idaho with his four children (ages 16, 14, and twin 11-year-olds). He was married to Angela for 16 years before she passed from cancer in 2018. He works in construction management, DIYs everything, loves the outdoors and time with his family, and above all is a born-again Christian following his Lord, Jesus Christ. CHAPTER TIMECODES: CALL TO ACTION Send this to someone whose hard date is coming. And if you have lost someone — what date is hard for you? Tell me. LINKS Listen: putonyourbiggirlpants.com Watch: youtube.com/KamilleBauer Speaking: kamillebauer.com Social: @KamilleBauer on Instagram, Facebook & Threads