Ep 15. Jim Mumford

Jim Mumford, a physician working at a hospital for the poor, lost his wife Loren to breast cancer 11 months ago. He loved her more than anything and sat at her bedside holding her hand until the end. When Hanne, his mother-in-law, promised his wife that she would take care of the kids, his wife finally let go and died. Since then, the family has kept it together, but they haven't healed. Hanne stepped in to fill the void left by Loren she has actually moved into the family's apartment and so because she acts as a kind of surrogate wife and mother, the Mumford's haven't truly figured out how to be a family without mom, a vital step to starting anew. The arrangement has been detrimental to Hanne's own life. While she is thrilled to baby-sit every day for her grandkids, to continue living with them means that her career and interests will fall by the wayside. Right now she runs a performance space and art gallery, and the business is beginning to show signs of her neglect. Hanne called the Fab Five because they are the only ones who can truly help Jim transform making him ready for a new life, and, most importantly, helping him see that he can do it. So the Fabbers will help Jim throw an event at Hanne's performance space to celebrate a new beginning. Unveiled there will be a tribute to his late wife, (a surprise to Jim) that symbolizes the need to memorialize her, while moving on. But the most important step in the evening will be when Jim packs the family up and goes home.