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I WANT MORE!

  • Post author:Julie Wolf
  • Post published:April 25, 2023
  • Post category:About Grief/Healing/Loss By Suicide/Loss of a Child/Loss of a Friend/Loss of a Parent/Loss of a Spouse
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Just like a spoiled child, I screamed those words into the universe, not sure if anyone, including God was listening.  It had been a trying day, one filled with so many…

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Birthday Time…Again

  • Post author:Julie Wolf
  • Post published:August 17, 2022
  • Post category:About Grief/Healing/How to Help Someone in Grief/Loss of a Child/Loss of a Friend/Loss of a Parent/Loss of a Spouse
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“Today, is your birthday and I should be posting a new selfie with you, but I can’t.  I should be fixing your favorite supper and dessert, but I can’t.  I…

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Grief’s Impact on Relationships

  • Post author:Julie Wolf
  • Post published:May 14, 2022
  • 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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There are few things more damaging to a relationship than the death of someone very close to us. Our brains literally go into shock, causing a physical shift that we…

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LAND—A Movie Review

  • Post author:Julie Wolf
  • Post published:April 15, 2022
  • Post category:About Grief/How to Help Someone in Grief/Loss of a Child/Loss of a Spouse
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Would I call LAND, starring and directed by Robin Wright, a movie about grief?  Well, yes and no.  LAND is a cinematic masterpiece, filmed in Canada, but the story is set…

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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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New Year, Same Grief

  • Post author:Julie Wolf
  • Post published:January 6, 2022
  • 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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When we experience the death of someone we love, it seems that the days go by slow, but the weeks and months fly by. Does that make sense to anyone…

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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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The Regular Good Cry

  • Post author:Julie Wolf
  • Post published:October 14, 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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There are times when I have to hurt.   I MUST succumb to a good cry.  It can’t be helped.   No matter how valiant and strong I want to be, some…

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Poem: Web of Sorrow

  • Post author:Julie Wolf
  • Post published:October 6, 2021
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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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