Julie Brensdal:
CLASS OF 1982
Evergreen High SchoolClass of 1982
Seattle, WA
Green River Community CollegeClass of 2006
Auburn, WA
Julie's Story
Life
I have three terrific kids who are all grown up with jobs and lives of their own. My oldest boy is 24, my daughter is 23 and my youngest son just turned 21. I am currently single after ending my marriage of 23 years. Happy to say my ex and I are still amiable which makes the adjustment to single life much more manageable. I went back to school a couple of years ago and graduated with honors in June as a business major. Currently looking for that ever elusive career opportunity while doing remodeling work for friends on the side - as that is what I love to do. As many of you know I lost my best friend and confidant on Christmas night 2000. When Jan died part of me died too. Being a twin made her death even that much more difficult for me because I actually lost part of my identity. Facing the challenges of life without having that sense of being complete made even the simplest things seem impossible to handle, and for the first two years after her death my life was a...Expand for more
mere existence. What finally brought me out of that state of overwhelming grief was the realization that I was not alone - that I was a mother and my kids were suffering too. More importantly, I was neglecting them and their needs. So I mustered the strength to start living again and part of that meant finding myself and my true purpose in life (other than being the consummate mother). I had no idea where to look or even what to look for. I only know that I had a lot of questions and college seemed to be part of the answer. It was the best thing for me at the time and it helped me gain a new sense of purpose for my life. I greet each new day with a sense of gratefulness and optimism and look forward to discovering new things about myself and the life around me that I never took the time to discover before. What I have gone through can accurately be described by using the analogy of a newborn - seeing everything for the first time with eyes of curiosity and fascination.
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