Meet the writer
behind the posts

Hello, 

 

My name is Jamielyn Wheeler. Most people call me Jamie. I am the only child and daughter of James and Linda Wheeler and was named after each of them, which is an honor and a comfort for me.

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I decided to start a personal blog, mostly for myself and my own processing of how life has unfolded itself unto me (better yet, my understanding of it thus far). I am here to share, to heal and, of course, to remember.

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I lost what was dearest to me on February 1, 2021, my Father, my most trusted teacher and friend. I was keenly aware at that very moment I had also become an orphan. For the entirety of my life, wherever my Dad was, was my home. Since his passing, I haven't felt at home since.

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Elizabeth Gilbert beautifully said, "Life has taken me by surprise, again and again. I've been shocked and heartbroken and lost and found, and lost again, and found again. I wish I had a more dramatic conclusion to offer about my lessens over the past decades than this but here it goes: things do not go as planned. Life will take you by surprise again and again. There will be great changes. Your well laid plans will collapse, despite all your finest intentions. There will be devastating losses and you might be deeply humbled and grievously wounded. If you had have told me 10 years ago about some of the pain that was coming my way, I would have run off and hid in a cave, to try to escape it. I'm glad I didn't. I'm glad I didn't know my future. And I'm glad I don't know what's coming next, either. I'm just really happy to be here."