In 2016, after losing my father, I began writing as a way to process grief and make sense of a life that felt interrupted. What started as personal journaling eventually became Thriving Jewelz—a place where women can slow down, examine the condition of their hearts, draw closer to God, and remain in Him.
For years, I thought healing was simply waiting on God to change my circumstances. Instead, He showed me that healing often invites us to participate through honest reflection, surrender, repentance, and returning to Him again and again.
Through grief, motherhood, marriage, disappointment, growth, and restoration, God has faithfully met me in every season.
If you’re carrying grief, anxiety, shame, disappointment, or simply longing to know God more deeply, my prayer is that you find encouragement here.
You don’t have to have it all together to come to Jesus.
Just come.
Repent. Return. Remain.
— Julie
