by Jule Kucera | Nov 9, 2025 | Blog
She shows up dirty, raggedy. Comes close, smells a foul taste, whispers in both my ears at once. “You don’t have enough. You’re going to run out.” Her words land as a cold stone in my stomach. I refute her. “My financial advisor and I have a plan that takes me safely...
by Jule Kucera | Nov 2, 2025 | Blog
The nausea that had risen with me every morning since the end of September is… gone. Monday was my weekly call with Audrey, the VA I work with in the Philippines. She does many things, the biggest is managing the StoryJoules YouTube channel video production. When I...
by Jule Kucera | Oct 26, 2025 | Blog
…no. No, I don’t want to do this anymore. Not this, these Sunday notes. These I love. These make me happy. I like to learn and share what I’ve learned, and sometimes, it resonates with another person walking this planet and they let me know, and that makes me happy...
by Jule Kucera | Oct 19, 2025 | Blog
Roxie is back to her normal, curled-tail up with white underside showing, one tooth sticking out, scrambling-by-the-front-door ‘Let’s go outside!’ self. I am not. Our near miss sucked the wind out of me. Made me stop. . Life is short. I’m closer to the end than I am...
by Jule Kucera | Oct 12, 2025 | Blog
I’ve never let any of my dogs sleep in the bed with me, not even Nemo after Trent died. But on Tuesday night, Roxie was in my bed, with pillows from my bed and my couch all around her, to keep her from falling over. She was panting and drooling. When I stroked her...
