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Surviving the Loss of a Child
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- Apr 16, 2026
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Summary
“How am I ever going to be happy again?” That was the question the wife of this week’s guest asked him after the death of their one-month-old son, Fisher. Michael Cruz Kayne is a comedian, actor and a staff-writer on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert, where his work has earned him a Peabody Award, a WGA Award, and two Emmy nominations . He made his off-Broadway debut in Sorry For Your Loss , a raw, comedic, and deeply vulnerable one-man show about coping with a parent’s worst fear, the loss of a child. This is a sad but inspiring conversation. I found Michael’s attempt to make sense out of his grief and to honor Fisher’s brief life to be an uplifting act of service. You can watch the show starting March 27 on the Dropout network. ✍️ Subscribe to Paul’s Substack here . ✍️ 📈Rate Reasonably Happy here .📈 👀 Watch Sorry for Your Loss here . 👀 Get full access to Reasonably Happy at words.paulollinger.com/subscribe