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by Julie Yip-Williams

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Does anyone know how Josh Williams and the girls are doing now?

Linda Langlois https://www.vulture.com/2019/02/josh-...

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1) How is it possible to survive almost being killed by her family as a baby, only to be diagnosed with cancer thirty years later?
2) What it would be …more
1) How is it possible to survive almost being killed by her family as a baby, only to be diagnosed with cancer thirty years later?
2) What it would be like for someone to go through this fight with cancer when they do not have seemingly unlimited resources? What sacrifices do they make? How does insurance help them? What do they have to fight for? How do they balance it when they have to work to retain their insurance and support their family?
3) Who wouldn't be angry they had to miss important milestones in their children's lives or that they won't get the chance to grow old with the love of their life?
4) How do you leave your 2 young children to live their lives without you? To know what’s coming and to have to say goodbye to your husband, family, friends and all you hold dear?
5) How much richer is this country for having had Julie Yip-Williams in it?
6) In the end, she lived the way she wanted and died the same way. What more can any of us ask for when our visit here on this plane has ended?
7) What does the way a person lives and responds to life circumstances reveal about them as a person?
8) What do you want your life story to say about you after you are gone?
9) If the tables were turned and it was you, how would you react?
10) How can people suffer disabling diseases and die for no reason? How can suffering and death be a matter of sheer bad luck?
11) Does courage mean fighting till the bitter end, going for every last experimental treatment possible, never losing hope and never giving up? Or does courage mean accepting death and making peace with this?
12) Do we make decisions based on our own needs, even if that means a shortened life span, or conversely, take into account those who are affected by our passing that will leave them without motherly support in their important growing years and life events?
13) Was it the best example for her little ones to see their mother refuse to accept as inevitable the wisdom of the medical profession?
14) What about hope? Is it an ally or a trickster?
15) How many of us immerse ourselves in death every single day?
16) How do we savor what we have?
17) How do we release grief, anger, and other heavy emotions that we no longer need so we can move forward with clarity and peace?
18) How do we balance rationalism and belief in miracles?
19) How do maintain awe and keep the basic and ultimate tiny miracles of everyday life in focus?
20) What does it mean to be brave?
21) What does it mean to be lonely?
22) What does it mean to truly love?
23) What are the miracles in your daily life that you’d miss if taken away?
24) Would you recommend reading this?
25) What nonfiction are you loving at the moment?
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