Episodes

Susan shares the heart behind A Daughter's Inheritance, a podcast exploring the enduring legacies mothers leave behind through intimate conversations with daughters. Discover how memory, values, and wisdom continue to shape who we become, honoring not what was lost, but what remains.

In this inaugural episode, Susan begins with her own story. Joined by her cousin (more like a sister) Linda Weir, Susan opens up about the woman who shaped both their lives. Before inviting others to share their intimate memories, Susan models the vulnerability she asks of her guests, exploring what her mother's legacy means and how those lessons continue to unfold. This honest, heartfelt conversation sets the foundation for the entire series.

The mother-daughter relationship is complicated enough on its own. Add siblings to the conversation, and things get really interesting.
In this episode, Susan sits down with three of four sisters to explore how one woman shaped each of them differently, and what that has meant for the relationships they have with each other. Shared memories, different experiences, and the mother who lives in all of them.

Losing a mother is difficult at any age but losing her as a toddler creates a longing that can shape an entire life.
In this episode, Nina opens up about what it means to grow up without her mother, who stepped in to nurture her, how she found connection across the absence, and why the bond between a daughter and the mother she barely knew can still feel remarkably, alive.

Rhonda DiBiase grew up a Mississippi Delta girl and was shaped by a mother who never claimed to have all the answers but somehow always knew just what to say. In this conversation, the author of Fear Finds Faith shares memories of a woman who was funny, faithful, a little bit mischievous, and almost always "thoughty." These stories of Rhonda's mother, Linda Baker, will make you laugh out loud and just might inspire you to drop a card in the mail to let someone know they're on your mind.

In this episode, Susan sits down with Diana Eubanks, DVM for a moving conversation about her mother, Diane, who once confessed that "apple pie and motherhood" might not be her thing. It was always a perfect relationship, but Diana and her mother grew closer over time.From a Girl Scout group that spanned a lifetime to a card never sent, this is a story about the strength we inherit from the most unexpected places.

She was impatient, restless, and by her own daughter's admission, a bit of a hot mess. But Joy Griner was also a pioneer, a woman who grew up in the hills of West Virginia in the 1930s and spent a lifetime pushing back against what the world told her she was supposed to be.In this episode, Susan sits down with Emily Noble, a Starkville educator, to explore the life of her mother Joy, a librarian and PhD, who found her truest self only after she stopped trying to be someone else.