Martha Nix Wade has had tremendous success as a former child actress, co-starring in such shows as The Waltons, Days of Our Lives, and many others. But while Martha’s life appeared to be picture perfect, she was suffering years of abuse and then would have to face a new tragedy in her adulthood. Join Martha, her husband, and daughter as they tell their moving story of loss and hope.
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What are the losses that you've gone through?
It actually starts back further than that.
Our whole kid's life, it's just starting
when our daughter was eight and our son was four.
It just, one by one, family members and friends
started passing away, making death really real,
something where we were faced with mortality.
In January of 2021, our 18-year-old son
was killed in a motorcycle accident.
Yeah, and he was named Ryder.
He was.
Gary, tell me about your son, Ryder.
Well, Ryder was pretty much a free spirit.
He just loved life, lived life to the fullest.
Avid surfer and water polo player.
He was killed before his first water polo game in college,
but he was just a very caring, loving kid
who enjoyed life and lived it to the fullest.
Martha, what went through your mind,
I mean, going through a tragedy like that?
In a strange way that's really hard to articulate,
I feel like God was preparing me for much of his life.
When I explain Ryder, I say he was full throttle.
He was pedal to the metal.
He was full throttle joy, full throttle grief,
full throttle crazy.
He just was always to the fullest.
He was either doing something wild and enormous,
whether it be caring for someone with special needs,
or he was asleep.
There was really no in between.
