Post AcPFfd5oyd2eg6olyi by encarsia@social.tchncs.de
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 (DIR) Post #AcPBgmMdanWvuByap6 by aj@social.dunevent.net
       2023-12-02T17:01:21.445Z
       
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       I met Julie back in 1997.  We were starting at a new school together and quickly fell in with a small, tight-knit group of weirdo friends - forming bonds that are still strong today.Life wasn't always kind to Julie.  She grew up in a family even poorer than mine.  She lost her mother in high school.  She became a single mother at a young age to a son born with a disease that left him immunocompromised and intellectually disadvantaged.  She had a high-conflict first marriage that ended in a bitter divorce.  Her father was hospitalized early in the COVID-19 pandemic where he caught and succumbed to the disease.  Despite everything, Julie's spirit never broke.We saw one another through a lot of ups and downs and always had one another's backs.  She was my "TMI" friend - we would share (or overshare) anything with each other.  I'm not a socially inclined person but we would meet up for lunch pretty regularly or attend Orchid Society meetings together.  It's rare, at least in my life, to find a friend with so much overlapping taste and shared interests.Last year, she suffered for months trying to get a diagnosis before her doctors took her seriously.  When the diagnosis finally came, it had progressed to stage IV endometrial cancer.  Less than 15 months later, she is gone.I don't know why I'm sharing this with a bunch of people who never got to meet her.  You would have loved her, though.  I really don't know what I'm going to do without her in my life.
       
 (DIR) Post #AcPFfd5oyd2eg6olyi by encarsia@social.tchncs.de
       2023-12-02T17:24:06Z
       
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       @aj 😢 I'm glad you shared it even though it brought some tears up.It seems you had a hell of good times. Nobody can take that from you. Stay strong. 💪
       
 (DIR) Post #AcPOP5YEocTlbYITxI by deneb@cooler.mom
       2023-12-02T18:34:27Z
       
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       @aj I am so sorry for your loss. What a beautiful friendship y’all had. ❤️
       
 (DIR) Post #AcPa7goqiM5tQVXLiS by kwsapphire@universeodon.com
       2023-12-02T19:46:26Z
       
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       @aj I'm so sorry.  :(
       
 (DIR) Post #AcPmtF4eN8pkj6Mvnk by mike@penfount.social
       2023-12-02T23:29:11Z
       
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       @aj I’m very sorry for your loss. She sounds like a wonderful person.