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My POV

Post author:Julie Wolf
Post published:May 4, 2021
Post category:About Grief Healing Healing Through Faith How to Help Someone in Grief
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We all have our hard stuff, and if someone wants to have a breakdown, let them. Don’t admonish their temporary weakness by telling them it’s all going to be ok.…

Words Matter

Post author:Julie Wolf
Post published:April 28, 2021
Post category:About Grief Healing Healing Through Faith How to Help Someone in Grief Loss By Suicide Loss of a Child Loss of a Friend Loss of a Parent
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I’ve enjoyed reading and writing since I was a child. I thank my mother for that! It is surely in the genes—she read constantly, and had hopes of her own…

A Dose of Sorrow?

Post author:Julie Wolf
Post published:April 23, 2021
Post category:About Grief Healing How to Help Someone in Grief Loss By Suicide Loss of a Child Loss of a Friend Loss of a Parent Loss of a Spouse
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Time is a strange thing—an irreversible continuum at whose mercy we live and breathe. Days can seem like just moments, and hours like weeks. At no time is this vexing…

Mind Over Mourning

Post author:Julie Wolf
Post published:April 21, 2021
Post category:About Grief Healing Healing Through Faith Loss By Suicide Loss of a Child Loss of a Friend Loss of a Parent Loss of a Spouse
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The brain is the most powerful organ in our bodies. John Hopkins Medicine says “ The brain controls your ability to think, talk, feel, see, hear, remember things, walk and…

It Is Inevitable

Post author:Julie Wolf
Post published:April 1, 2021
Post category:About Grief Healing Healing Through Faith Loss of a Child
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Sleep...why do you elude me? I haven’t slept through the night since my eldest, Levi, was born over 26 years ago. I guess it’s a mom/worry/“what if they need…

Never Normal

Post author:Julie Wolf
Post published:March 26, 2021
Post category:About Grief Loss of a Child
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I’ve seen a number of memes and posts the last couple of weeks about how a year ago, it was the last week of things being “normal,” pre-c@vid19. The world…

A Matter of Time

Post author:Julie Wolf
Post published:March 19, 2021
Post category:About Grief Healing Loss of a Child
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I’ve often heard the quote “time heals all wounds.” Before I experienced the death of my beloved son, I probably would have agreed with this, to a degree. As we mature and…

The Hope of Spring

Post author:Julie Wolf
Post published:March 13, 2021
Post category:Healing Healing Through Faith
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Outside my bedroom window is a pin oak tree we bought on clearance at Walmart about 20 years ago. Each time I look at it, I’m amazed that something I…

Grief “Recovery?”

Post author:Julie Wolf
Post published:March 8, 2021
Post category:About Grief Healing Loss of a Child
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When we hear the word “recovery,” we probably think about someone who is doing better after a long illness, or possibly someone in a 12 step program, who is progressing…

All The Feelings

Post author:Julie Wolf
Post published:February 21, 2021
Post category:About Grief Healing How to Help Someone in Grief Loss of a Child
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If there is one thing I have learned so far on this journey, it is that grief is fluid. What I mean is that my feelings can range from deciding…