Category: Julie’s Story
We Were Not Alone
After writing the final chapter of Julie’s Story, I belatedly realized that I had described the end of Julie’s life as though she and I went through that tragedy alone. This is embarrassingly inaccurate. WhenContinue reading
Julie’s Story: 21. And Then She Was Not
Writing about Julie’s death is difficult, of course, because focusing on losing her is painful. It is also difficult, however, because her final days contain little drama to exploit, no epiphanies to reveal, and noContinue reading
Julie’s Story: 20. Julie In-Hospital June 1999 – Email, Notes, & More
Introduction This is the last of Julie’s significant hospitalizations for which I have sufficient contemporaneous email to allow readers to make sense of the events.1 Because Julie handled much of the communications herself via individualContinue reading
Julie’s Story: 19. The Hospital Epistles: March – April 1999
Introduction This entry is not in chronological order. In the original publication of Julie’s Story, this disruption of the time sequence was, in part, an artifact of when I happened to stumble across this setContinue reading
Julie’s Story: 18. Julie – Nov 21, 1999 Status Report
Today’s post is the report on Julie’s health status I originally emailed to friends and family November 21, 1999, less than two weeks before she died. Those who have read the earlier health reports I’veContinue reading
Julie’s Story: 17. Uncompromising Faith, Unremitting Hope, Unyielding Love
Introduction Except for the time period covered, this post is similar to The Hospital Epistles: May 1998, and I will preface it with the same explanation and apologies: This is a collection of emails IContinue reading
Julie’s Story: 16. The Hospital Epistles – May 1998
Introduction One predictable result of shifting the format of Julie’s Story from a serialized narrative to sporadically published anecdotes is the loss of chronological order. My recall of events in our lives together, especially afterContinue reading
Julie’s Story: 15. “Michael Reese Medical Center Is Not What I Had In Mind For A Honeymoon Destination”
The title of today’s installment of Julie’s Story comes from Julie’s rueful observation made a couple of weeks after our wedding while she was recovering from her mastectomy at Michael Reese Medical Center.1 After startingContinue reading