Still striving to get there
21 July 2024
We are so appreciative of all the donations we have received so far. Thank you from the bottom of our hearts.
Our story was featured in a NZ Herald Article: https://www.nzherald.co.nz/lifestyle/the-cost-of-dying-crowdfunding-funerals-rising-costs-and-finding-alternatives/KXQ7J46ZCRFA3CR3OOQMKOROBI/
We have now set the funeral date for 29th July and are hoping the next week will see our story spread even further. There are some very kind people out there who don't even know us, who have donated - thank you x
My afternoon will be consumed with writing a eulogy and pulling together as many photos of Juls as I can - a job I've been procrastinating on, as I find this part very hard.
It's still quite surreal that Juls has gone, I don't think it has really hit me yet, and the familiar rollercoaster of daily emotions has already taken hold of me.
Juls' husband Dave is so lost without her, even something as simple as his house being 'too quiet' upsets him. And it's his birthday today, which he has no interest in celebrating.
We are still feeling upset and guilty that Juls was on her own when she passed. That the hospital had given no indication of how close to death she was, and Dave is still traumatised from the phone call he received at 2.22am from the hospital, telling him Juls had passed.
If you are in a position to be able to share our story, we would encourage this please, as we put a last effort in, in the final week before we say goodbye to Juls.
Thank you.
Deb & family xx
