Just Us: Our First Mother-Daughter Disney Trip After Loss
Our first mother-daughter trip to Disney World was joyful, tender, and harder than I expected. It became a quiet milestone in learning to travel, remember, and keep living after loss.
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Feeling Stuck After Loss: Alone in the Void
Grab a seat by the fire. Tonight, I’m just being real. Hello. I’m just going to write, into the void. I don’t know who’s reading this. Sometimes I think, no one is reading. With the way the world is right now, who reads? We are entertained by videos, reels, visuals, does anyone care about reading…
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The Messy Middle: What to Do When You Feel Completely Stuck in Life
Are you dealing with decision fatigue or feeling completely stuck in life? Julie shares the raw reality of the “messy middle” and how to break the gridlock today.
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How to Achieve a Life You Love and the Story of Our Wedding Day
When God Answered a Prayer This is our wedding story, and everything He did to make it happen There is a moment I keep returning to when I think about our wedding, and it isn’t the flowers, or the dress, or even the look on Bill’s face when I walked down the aisle. It’s the…
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Xennial DIY: Remodeling My Bathroom and Reclaiming My Identity
“On the Fly” Musings and a Xennial DIY mission… Hello! This blog post is written with absolutely no plan. I was reading my Bible this morning, had a few astounding revelations and I realized, I need to keep writing here, but sometimes…life. It’s so busy right??? Time may seem so slow for some, but for…
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Crazing the Glaze: Understanding the “Grief Brain” After Loss
After trauma, people often say, ‘I wasn’t myself.’ The truth is, neurologically, they weren’t. It’s called “grief brain.” Hello friends! If this is your first time reading here, I would love to give you a warm welcome. If you have followed my journey before, thank you. I think often, how little time we have; the…
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The Mirror: Finding My New Identity After the Loss of My Husband
The Mirror: Finding My New Identity Hello friend! Recently, I was cleaning a home (I clean homes on the side for extra income). I was cleaning a beautiful cherry wood mirror. You may have seen them. It was oval shaped and on a stand that allowed it to swivel. I paused longer than I should…
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A Dream About Birds | Rest, Trust, and Faith Reflection
A Dream About Birds: A Reflection on Rest, Trust, and Faith Of all the animals in the world, and wow, God made so many, I can never stop loving birds. Horses are majestic. Lions, powerful. But birds? Birds are the ones I can’t stop watching, small, vulnerable, and somehow completely free. I always pay attention…
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Bill’s Salvation Story at Disney World: How He Met Jesus
Pull up a chair my friend. I’d like to share another story with you. This is the story about how Bill came to understand and believe in Jesus. Saying the Name: Jesus I know, I just said that Name: Jesus. Jesus. It’s distinctive. It’s divisive. It’s controversial. It’s ridiculed, taken in vain and even offensive…
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A New Year Prayer for Strength When You Feel Down
A New Year Prayer for Strength When You Feel Down Hello friends! Here it is AGAIN. A new year. Don’t get me wrong, I’m grateful, but wow! Already? Really? A couple of days ago, I looked back on my journal from a year ago. It was refreshing. I figured out financing for my roof, and…
