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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…

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A Matter of Time

  • Post author:Julie Wolf
  • Post published:March 19, 2021
  • Post category:About Grief/Healing/Loss of a Child
  • Post comments:1 Comment

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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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All The Stuff!

  • Post author:Julie Wolf
  • Post published:February 12, 2021
  • Post category:About Grief/Healing/Loss of a Child/Loss of a Parent/Loss of a Spouse
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When my grandparents passed away in the late 80s, and my parents more than 10 years ago, I inherited a couple of pieces of furniture that belonged to my grandparents,…

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Can I Forgive?

  • Post author:Julie Wolf
  • Post published:February 5, 2021
  • Post category:About Grief/Healing/Healing Through Faith/Loss of a Child
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We never know what the day may hold, do we?   When I was 18 years old, getting ready to graduate from high school, anticipating my future life with excitement, a…

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How Are You? – The Impossible Question

  • Post author:Julie Wolf
  • Post published:January 18, 2021
  • Post category:About Grief/Healing/How to Help Someone in Grief
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“How are you?” I never know how to answer that question anymore. It can seem like a very silly and careless question, when you are going through grief.  Do you…

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Letting Others In

  • Post author:Julie Wolf
  • Post published:January 15, 2021
  • Post category:About Grief/Healing/Healing Through Faith/How to Help Someone in Grief/Loss of a Child/Loss of a Parent
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I love to read. I thank my dear mother, who passed away in 2008, for instilling that adoration in me. She would go to the library and check out at…

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Dating After Death: Part One

Dating After Death: Part One

  • Post author:Debbie Brodfuehrer
  • Post published:June 10, 2020
  • Post category:About Grief/Healing/How to Help Someone in Grief/Loss of a Spouse
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After years of suffering my spouse, my partner, my love finally died. My heart was shattered. I hardly knew where to look to start picking up the broken parts. I…

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