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Welcome to Reclaiming Joy, a place where you can find whole-hearted thoughts about life, sprinkled with authenticity, resilience, and a touch of humor. Join me on my healing journey as I navigate the ups and downs of life, sharing stories of triumph, self-discovery, and the pursuit of happiness. Let's reclaim joy together!
Reclaiming Joy
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Child
Take my hand, child, and sit with me, and I will explain what needs to be. My dear one, there is a sorrow emanating from you. Oh, great...
Elise Wrolstad
Feb 52 min read
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Child
Take my hand, child, and sit with me, and I will explain what needs to be. My dear one, there is a sorrow emanating from you. Oh, great...
Elise Wrolstad
Jan 262 min read
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Boom Boom
My mother was born on July 4th, 1922, a day that caused the earth to tilt on its axis. She chose the best day to break into existence...
Elise Wrolstad
Jul 4, 20242 min read
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My Brother
July 2nd, 1955, my brother, closest in age to me, was born, and on September 2000, his body, having died of pneumonia, was found in his...
Elise Wrolstad
Jul 2, 20242 min read
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My Grief Blanket
I am mourning the loss of my family, recently returning from my oldest brother's memorial. I feel empty; there were four of us at one...
Elise Wrolstad
Jun 12, 20242 min read
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It's ALL about LOVE
1 Corinthians 13 Verses 4,5,6,7 and 13 Love is patient and kind; love is not jealous or boastful: it is not arrogant or rude. Love does...
Elise Wrolstad
Feb 14, 20242 min read
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This Road
How could this road talk of the travels it has seen? Weary souls coming and going with hopes of sustentation. Indigenous families,...
Elise Wrolstad
Feb 10, 20241 min read
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Soar
In heaven, there is a horse of chestnut color, flowing mane, and billowing tail. His wings, made of the finest feathers, stretch against...
Elise Wrolstad
Jan 26, 20241 min read
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“The most precious light is the one that visits you in your darkest hour.” Mehmet Murat ildan
Blessed be the rabble-rousers, the misfits, for they shall sit at the head of the communal table. Praise be the free spirits, the wild...
Elise Wrolstad
Nov 12, 20231 min read
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Chose Life. Chose You.
WARNING: Mention of harm and suicide ideation. Voices of the trees call to me, “Give us your heavy heart, and we shall send it to the...
Elise Wrolstad
Oct 26, 20232 min read
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My Death Lodge
“It is not more surprising to be born twice than once; everything in nature is resurrection." - Voltaire. It was on this date, March...
Elise Wrolstad
Mar 30, 20232 min read
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Do Not Go Gently...
Do not go gentle into that good night but rage, rage against the dying of the light. ~ Dylan Thomas What would you do if you had to wait?...
Elise Wrolstad
Feb 5, 20231 min read
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Time Machine
I’m building a time machine to find you. I want to tell you so many things. Will you recognize me? Remember when you were told, as a...
Elise Wrolstad
Dec 29, 20222 min read
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Truth
This past week I was feeling dissatisfied and disappointed with my work. I began researching other job opportunities available to me. ...
Elise Wrolstad
Oct 23, 20222 min read
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Proclamation
Shame. I feel your prickly touch wrapped around my heart. Your tendrils move within my body like a slow-moving fever. I gasped, longing...
Elise Wrolstad
Oct 15, 20221 min read
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Well, crap...
This pic is me, up close and personal. Last spring, I almost died from septic shock due to a hernia repair surgery gone awry. Or was it I...
Elise Wrolstad
Sep 5, 20222 min read
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The Beauty of Choosing
What path will you take? As you embark on your day, will you decide to take the path leading to toxicity, noisy rhetoric poisoning your...
Elise Wrolstad
Mar 29, 20211 min read
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"She is clothed with Strength and Dignity and She laughs without fear of the future." Proverbs 31:25
I have heard scars tell a story. Well, have I got one motherfucker of a story to tell you. I am a survivor. I am a healer. I live with...
Elise Wrolstad
Mar 28, 20211 min read
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Hate is Hate
This hit me like a ton of bricks when a friend posted that via Facebook. That statement really got me to thinking about hate and it's...
Elise Wrolstad
Jan 10, 20212 min read
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Summer of 1984
It was the summer of 1984, the summer of my college graduation. I was officially done with school. Previously, I had graduated from...
Elise Wrolstad
May 3, 20202 min read
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