Joy Bullen
The Eagles Have Landed
As a parent of small children and a daughter who has lost a parent, I’ve been thinking a lot lately about how our children don’t often...
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Joy Juliet
- Sep 10, 2022
- 1 min
Closer to Done
I’ve been working on this memoir for 3 years…or 8 years…or maybe 39 years, depending on how you look at it. My Modern Love essay, Moving...
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Joy Juliet
- Sep 8, 2022
- 2 min
High Hopes
I had high hopes for this summer. The last few years have been a slog and I decided that my time to relax and have fun was finally here....
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Joy Juliet
- Jun 24, 2022
- 1 min
On the Day Roe Was Overturned
I keep thinking about Christine Blasey Ford today. I keep remembering how brave and inspiring she was to speak out when and how she did....
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Joy Juliet
- Apr 18, 2022
- 6 min
The Surprising Connection Between Heartbreak and Awe
On a recent trip to Joshua Tree National Park, I gazed up at a heart-shaped rock that loomed between me and the wide-open sky and thought...
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Joy Juliet
- Mar 28, 2022
- 2 min
Nesting
We told people it was a “trial separation,” but we had no idea what that really meant. We found a mediator who specializes in divorce...
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Joy Juliet
- Mar 23, 2022
- 2 min
Begin Again
It's been just over two months since I opened Instagram one morning and announced that I was going to post 100 times about the end of my...
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Joy Juliet
- Mar 8, 2022
- 4 min
What Would I Do Bad?
When my sister was a toddler, my mother would take her to the grocery store and she would sit in the little seat in the metal cart as my...
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Joy Juliet
- Feb 16, 2022
- 6 min
Things People Say When You Get Divorced - Part 2
One of the things you hear a lot when you're going through a divorce is that it's essential for both people to reflect on their role and...
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Joy Juliet
- Feb 14, 2022
- 1 min
All About Love
One of the unexpected pleasures of being single-ish* after many years is buying my own gifts for holidays. (Santa was very thoughtful...
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Joy Juliet
- Feb 9, 2022
- 3 min
Remembering Is My Love Language
A few years ago, when I was still married, I woke up on February 9th in a quiet room in a snow-covered world. A few moments later, I...
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Joy Juliet
- Feb 6, 2022
- 3 min
Getting On With It
As a six-month separation slid headlong towards divorce, I longed for stories. There's no shortage of books about how to save your...
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Joy Juliet
- Feb 3, 2022
- 3 min
Crack In the Sky
It’s hard to believe that Amanda has been gone for fifteen years. I counted the years on my fingers and then I still had to text...
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Joy Juliet
- Feb 1, 2022
- 1 min
Things People Say When You Get Divorced - Part 1
If I am brave enough to tell people that I’m getting divorced, and they are brave enough to ask questions, sometimes they will ask, “Was...
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Joy Juliet
- Feb 1, 2022
- 2 min
"It's a Sign"
I had forgotten this until I went to look for the photo for my last post, but on the actual day we separated, the only photo I took was a...
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Joy Juliet
- Jan 28, 2022
- 3 min
Fading Away
We decided to separate on July 30th, which meant the decision cleaved the summer in half, dividing it into the Before and After that now...
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Joy Juliet
- Jan 24, 2022
- 2 min
Is It Grief Or Suffering? Why The Difference Matters
In my last post, I choose the word “suffering” intentionally when I said that the thought that I was losing my chance to have the family...
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Joy Juliet
- Jan 21, 2022
- 2 min
The Whole Family
I was listening to Laura McKowen’s excellent podcast “Tell Me Something True” and she said something I’ve been thinking about for a while...
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Joy Juliet
- Jan 20, 2022
- 2 min
The Summer My Winter Began
Do you remember the summer of 2019? None of us knew then that it was the last summer before coronavirus would change our world. For me,...
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Joy Juliet
- Jan 18, 2022
- 3 min
I Do Not Like the Word "Divorce"
I do not like the word divorce. It sounds like a cross between “die” and “force,” and that’s what it has felt like, too. A forced death –...
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