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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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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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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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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Coping with Grief at Christmas: My First Christmas Story
🎄Our First Christmas Together: A Memory From 1996 Bill and I were married 22 years. We knew each other for 26.That’s a lot of Christmases. At the time I’m writing this, it’s December, and this will be my fourth Christmas season since Bill went Home. When thinking through all the Christmases we shared, it was…
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Our First Date | A Love Story Remembered
The Gold Belt or the Silver Belt: The Night of Our First Date Numbers.Bill and I were 3 years and 8 months apart in age. I don’t know why I wanted to open with this, but I never forget those numbers. July 13, 1996 – the night we metJuly 20, 1996 – our first dateJuly…
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Childhood Memories and Faith | Growing up in Louisiana with God’s Love
Childhood Memories in Louisiana I was born in Louisiana, the land of pecan trees and craw fish boils pretty much any day of the week. And yes, we ate lots of craw fish! If you’re not familiar, we’d cover the entire kitchen or dining room table with cut paper bags and pour the bag of…
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The Night We Met: A 90s Love Story and Healing After Loss
The night we met in 1996. It was the 90’s. It doesn’t sound like it was that long ago, but when I say July 13, 1996 and now it is 2025 (29 years!) then it feels like a long time ago. It was the time before everyone had cell phones. It was becoming a thing,…
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Welcome to Lost.Loved.Found | Healing After Loss
Hi friend, Welcome to this little corner of the internet. I’m so glad you’re here. I created Lost.Loved.Found as a sacred space, a quiet, comforting place for women (and men) who have walked through hard things and are learning to live again. If you’ve experienced grief, felt unseen, or just longed for a fresh start……
