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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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BOOK RECOMMENDATION: “Joe’s Table”

  • Post author:Julie Wolf
  • Post published:January 27, 2022
  • Post category:About Grief/Healing/Healing Through Faith/Loss of a Child
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Reading books and articles about other folks journeys, whether it’s about grief, addiction, or the like, can sometimes leave me feeling “less than”—like, there is no way I can deal…

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What’s Your Trigger?

  • Post author:Julie Wolf
  • Post published:January 10, 2022
  • Post category:About Grief/Healing/Healing Through Faith/Loss of a Child/Loss of a Spouse
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A friend whose husband passed away recently said she didn’t like Sundays anymore, because it is the day he died.  I get it.  💯 Some of us are affected so…

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A Dark Time

  • Post author:Julie Wolf
  • Post published:December 22, 2021
  • Post category:About Grief/Healing/Healing Through Faith
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As the wind howled and the ice pellets rained down on the house, I knew losing power was inevitable. I was right—two hours later, everything shut off. No fridge condenser…

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Wishes Don’t Come True

  • Post author:Julie Wolf
  • Post published:December 12, 2021
  • Post category:About Grief/Healing/Healing Through Faith
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When I became part of my husbands family, I quickly learned that birthdays and holidays were a BIG DEAL!  With an immediate family circle numbering more than ten people in it,…

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How to Be Thankful, When You Don’t Feel Like It

  • Post author:Julie Wolf
  • Post published:November 18, 2021
  • Post category:About Grief/Healing/Healing Through Faith
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November is here—the month with Thanksgiving at its core.  I aim for gratefulness every day, but my heart easily drifts back to the reasons I might NOT feel so thankful—the chief…

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The Caretakers Relief

  • Post author:Julie Wolf
  • Post published:November 10, 2021
  • Post category:About Grief/Healing/Healing Through Faith/How to Help Someone in Grief/Loss of a Friend/Loss of a Parent/Loss of a Spouse
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Grief conjures a multitude of feelings and emotions.  Sadness, pain, anger, confusion, shock. If you were caretaker to your loved one who was suffering a long or chronic illness, feelings of…

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Poem: Web of Sorrow

  • Post author:Julie Wolf
  • Post published:October 6, 2021
  • Post category:About Grief/Healing Through Faith/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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There is still part of me that just doesn’t believe it’s possible.  How can my dear one be gone?  How can a person so full of life, warmth, and possibility,…

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Designed to Mend

  • Post author:Julie Wolf
  • Post published:September 7, 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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When I was newly married, just 21 years old, I was involved in a single car accident that left me pretty banged up and with a concussion. It was New…

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The Death of Dreams

  • Post author:Julie Wolf
  • Post published:August 29, 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/Loss of a Spouse
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One of the most harsh realities we might come to when someone we love dies, is understanding that what we hoped and planned for the future is gone, too!  We lose…

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