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Music and Grief

  • Post author:Julie Wolf
  • Post published:February 26, 2023
  • Post category:About Grief/Healing/Healing Through Faith/How to Help Someone in Grief
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Music can be an important part of our grief journey. Music and singing have been central to my being since I can remember. My sister and I grew up singing…

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Hope Amongst the Punches

  • Post author:Julie Wolf
  • Post published:January 2, 2023
  • Post category:About Grief/Healing Through Faith
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There is hope amongst the punches and let's face it, life is hard! It feels especially tough when the hits seem to keep coming, one after the other. We feel…

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When It Was A Complicated Relationship

  • Post author:Julie Wolf
  • Post published:October 25, 2022
  • Post category:About Grief/Healing/Healing Through Faith
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When our loved one dies, we usually start thinking of all their good attributes, and recall the sweet memories we’ve shared with them. What do we do with the bad…

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Is It Possible To Suffer Well?

  • Post author:Julie Wolf
  • Post published:September 21, 2022
  • Post category:About Grief/Healing/Healing Through Faith
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When tragedy strikes, we live under the assumption that we are the only ones who are (or have ever) endured such pain. It’s only natural—it’s happening to US, in this moment. Who could…

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Heaven Holds My Heart

  • Post author:Julie Wolf
  • Post published:June 28, 2022
  • Post category:About Grief/Healing/Healing Through Faith
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Today I had to pause and just watch the clouds for a bit....they are reminding me that beyond those clouds, past the galaxy, somewhere, is Heaven, and it holds a…

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The Lesson from Job’s Friends

  • Post author:Julie Wolf
  • Post published:May 1, 2022
  • Post category:About Grief/Healing/Healing Through Faith/How to Help Someone in Grief/Loss of a Child
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I’ve been slowly reading and studying the book of JOB in the Bible, and pulling the possible lessons we can glean from Job’s friends, into the light. I’ve joked with…

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Not Just That Singular Moment

  • Post author:Julie Wolf
  • Post published:March 30, 2022
  • Post category:About Grief/Healing/Healing Through Faith/How to Help Someone in Grief
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The tragic singular moment we find out they have died is only just the beginning of grief. Many want to force us through the process, and mistakenly assume the hardest…

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Thanks, Social Media

  • Post author:Julie Wolf
  • Post published:February 25, 2022
  • Post category:About Grief/Healing/Healing Through Faith/How to Help Someone in Grief/Loss of a Child
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I love social media, and I despise it at the same time. It can be a positive tool for rekindling old friendships and sharing life moments with loved ones far…

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A Prayer For Sleep

  • Post author:Julie Wolf
  • Post published:February 12, 2022
  • Post category:About Grief/Healing/Healing Through Faith/Loss of a Child
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SLEEP What is that, you may ask?  LOL  It’s one of those words that sounds sillier each time you repeat it…try it 😆 It’s really not that funny, is it—to not be…

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Unwanted Companion

  • Post author:Julie Wolf
  • Post published:February 4, 2022
  • Post category:About Grief/Healing/Healing Through Faith
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Grief has settled into my bones—a constant, cold, unwanted companion. There is no explanation sufficient to express how sad that makes me.  I…do…not…like…it… Not only am I struck by the…

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