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Vale Julia

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Julia was regular poster the " Storm Financial Thread " , when some of us Stormies were going through financial hell. This sad passing has confirmed that money isn't everything. I later found common ground with her in her interest and dedication to flowers and gardening. She often helped me as a novice gardener identify plants that I had posted . She even went out of her way to PM me a couple of times with gardening advice a tips.
I will be planting a flowering shrub in my garden as a little reminder of her , I urge all members that enjoyed her gardening posts to do likewise.

R.I.P Julia , I'll miss you .
 
RIP Julia

I am not sure what to say. Everyone has expressed my sentiments. Some of you have known her for a long time. You should all feel very fortunate for having opportunities to interact with her. When I first joined ASF just over a year ago, her postings immediately had an impact on me.

Once she complimented me and I was so stroked. Especially when I was very new to ASF. I thank her via PM and she replied offering more advice for me.

There was another time she disagreed with me about a stock discussion. Via PM, we exchanged views and I explained how I was starting out. She said in a lovely way that she once thought like me (in terms of investing). She offered me more ideas and suggested a few books to read. She was very nurturing in the way she dealt with myself and others.

She tried to empathised with how or why others such as myself think in a particular way. It was never about "this is how I think - take it or leave it". She was curious as to why I came to a particular conclusion. I guess she was trying to see things from my shoes.

I so wished I joined ASF many years earlier. I may have interacted with Julia more and learnt more about her.
The few PMs I have from her, I will never delete. Thank you for this thread. I learnt more about Julia and it confirmed my inkling that she was very experienced and have seen it all.
 
Like others, I greatly enjoyed Julia's posts from several perspectives. From the lessons from her own life experiences, which were bruising in key aspects, to her preparedness and ability to dig into an issue and share her perspective. I enjoyed and valued other PM exchanges with her, many of which related to the love she had for the very simple things in life. Her relationship with her dogs was profoundly close. She recounted her thinking on investment issues, most notably how she managed to avoid the savages of the GFC. I couldn't believe how simple and outright insightful it was!

RIP Julia. I was profoundly saddened to see this thread pop up. My thoughts are with you. You have made a difference and a lasting impression. Thank you.
 
Thanks to Sails and the other posters who tracked down this sad news.

I've been reading through my Julia email folder. It contains many more emails than I'd realised, most memorably about our respective dogs but also about other parts of our respective lives. In one of the earliest messages she wrote:

Many years ago I felt the edges of bitterness and cynicism taking hold and decided I wanted none of that. Bitterness and desire for revenge hurts no one other than the self.
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As others have said, she had some very tough times when bitterness and cynicism would have been understandable reactions. But she lived by her decision to reject them, and instead she brought warmth and clarity to even the most casual relationships.

Fare well Julia. Glad to have known you.
 
At a funeral a Salvation Army stated that it was all about the perfume a person left behind after death.
From these posts we can see Julia left a pleasant perfume.She will be remembered.
 
10 years a member and nearly 17,000 posts all of which were insightful and well thought out (even the ones deriding the opponent) A worthy adversary and an even better friend. She will be sorely missed around here.
 
Just going to miss her like anything. I hope her German Shepherd Lucy is looked after.
 
For a wide range of reasons I've read a lot of posts in this forum over the last, growing, number of years. It's caused me to think on number of occasions about the future chance that some how all this could be 'mined for gems' beneath the low value 'overburden'.... a couple of them to be dug up would be Julia's...

Live well as long as you can... and then; well, do that as well as you can too. Farewell.
 
RIP Julia.

I'm at a loss for words and am shocked over this news.... Over the years I have enjoyed many a post from Julia. She provided a very level headed view on all topics ranging from stocks to politics which I found refreshing.

You'll be sorely missed. Farewell Julia.
 
Julia,

thought provoking, level headed, compassionate, passionate, strong, caring, concise, empathetic. You will be missed.

Sanquar / Stan101
 
I'm new here, but lurked before joining for a number of months. There are many here whose opinions I gained from which resulted in joining. Julia was the first that I looked up for comments on other topics. I liked how she got to the point, openly expressing her perspective and avoiding derision of other points of view. I knew her little and wish I could learn more from her. RIP Julia
 
My relationship with Julia has been an emotional roller coaster.
Just wish I could have had apologised for my worst posts.

Luv ya, Julia!
 
Just found out about this very sad news. Loved Julia's posts, always very well written, usually generous in advice and often thought provoking. While I never met her I feel a real loss.
RIP Julia.
 
So sorry to hear this news. Julia welcomed me warmly when I started on this forum.

She will be missed.
 
Although I never spoke, emailed or PM'd Julia, she was obviously well liked and appreciated by the membership here and will be sadly missed.

R.I.P. Vale Julia...
 
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