Julie passed away this morning. To have taken such a sweet and wonderful person from her life, her family, and all that loved her, God must have wanted her very much.
"We're all travelers in this world. From the sweet grass to the packing house. Birth 'til death. We travel between the eternities."
- Prentice Ritter, "Broken Trails"
Friday, May 30, 2008
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What a beautiful lady, Julie was. We were blessed to worship with her in the Belfast Nazarene Church. What a bright spirit she had. Our sorrow is deep, but our joy is overflowing that she is now whole and happy in heaven. We will miss you. Pastor Sam and Ann
I am standing upon the seashore. A ship at my side spreads her white sails to the morning breeze and starts for the blue ocean. She is an object of beauty and strength. I stand and watch her until at length she hangs like a speck of white cloud just where the sea and sky come to mingle with each other.
Then someone at my side says: "There, she is gone!"
"Gone where?"
Gone from my sight. That is all. She is just as large in mast and hull and spar as she was when she left my side and she is just as able to bear the load of living freight to her destined port.
Her diminished size is in me, not in her. And just at the moment when someone at my side says: "There, she is gone!" There are other eyes watching her coming, and other voices ready to take up the glad shout: "Here she comes!"
Those who are in the hearts of others are never truly gone.
Julie will forever be alive in our hearts and memories.
May peace be with you and your family.
Jennifer
A Ray of Sunshine.....
Last night a bitter sweet night for me. Ty and Emily are celebrating at the prom and at the same time, my cousin Julie, my sister, my friend, lost her battle with lung cancer and has passed on to be with our father. I was driving home from work after i got the news and a thought came to mind...Julie was always a ray of sunshine. She always was smiling and giggling and brought so much love, joy and happiness into the lives she touched. Tonight.. for me... I know she is at peace and the pain is gone. I know she has gone home to be with friends and family that went before her and to bask in the glory of the Lord. She will be sadly missed...
My heart is so confused today, but seeing that picture of Julie and Terry together so happy must mean something good for now the pain and suffering are gone from both of them forever. Now it's up to us all to remember and cherish all the love we had and will continue to have for all eternity as we will all be together again I'm sure.....Uncle Herbie
Do not stand by my grave and weep. I am not there I do not sleep. I am the thousand winds that blow, I am the diamond glints upon the snow. I am the sunlight on the grain, I am the gentle autumn rain. When you awake in the mornings hush, I am the swift uplifting rush of quiet birds in circling flight. I am the stars that shine at night. Do not stand by my grave and cry, I am not there I did not die. May God Bless you and your family. Love, The Moores
Glen,
I am thinking of you and your family. I wish we were all closer growing up. "The quality and fullness of our lives is not measured in length, but in the love and examples we leave those we have left behind".
Love,
Denise O.
To the Deloid and Clapp Family,
I have been thinking about you and your families for months and am shocked and saddened to hear about Julie. I wanted to share with you some of my very fond memories of Julie. Julie was someone I looked up to and admired in high school. I was one year behind her at Duxbury High School. Like Julie, I was a swimmer, clarinet player in the band, and member of the track team. The two words that come to mind when I think about Julie in high school are strong and hard-working. I can just see her during swim practice finishing a lap (or actually several) of butterfly and landing on the wall beet red for a 5 second break, only to do it all over again faster. She really worked during practice. She wasn’t one of those swimmers who goofed around during practice pretending to have a cramp, she was serious. But nice. And full of smiles. She wouldn't yank your leg if you were in front and not swimming fast enough. She would just find a way to swim past. We women swimmers had a special bond… because we competed on the men’s swim team. Duxbury didn’t have a women’s swim team until after we graduated. Some say the women carried the team. When I was a junior, I decided to join the track team. I had swum on swim teams for many years, but track was totally new. I felt a little uncomfortable trying a new sport, especially as a junior, and didn’t know a lot of the team members. I was shy and the bus rides were unnerving. Julie pulled me along that first year, introduced me to people, and made me feel comfortable socially. I ended up loving track—the sport as well as the people. It doesn’t surprise me at all that she led such a busy life as a mother of four – skiing, sailing, swim team, triathlons, and even a career. It’s hard enough just keeping up with laundry and groceries. She was an amazing person. I wish I had known her as an adult.
With much love, Laurie in Alexandria, VA.
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