On behalf of the Yantes Family and Friends, we would like to express our gratitude for making Julie's Celebration of Life such a healing day filled with many tears and laughter to remember her by.

The morning started out rainy and the day ended with sunshine, fitting the celebration perfectly.  

Thank you to all who attended the service in person or watched it remotely, I'm sure she felt the love from each and every one of you.

During the service, Pastor Annette shared a Psalm that Julie had written with her and I felt it was worthy of sharing here for all of us as a reminder of Julie's strength and courage.  

“A Psalm of Lament” by Julie Yantes

Lord, I seek You to hear my prayers to heal my body

Rescue and deliver me, for you are my Father who loves me

For you created me to be a thoughtful, kind and generous person

Deliver me from these difficult changes to my body

Forgive me for the bad decisions of my youth

Nevertheless, my faith is real and God shows Himself to me in little signs

God you are my faithful source of comfort and light

Save me from all my fears

Deliver me from my fear of dying that I have had ever since I was a child

For you know that I like it here where I live with my family and friends and that I appreciate all of everything around me

But I will have dignity in how I deal with this because of my faith

I will proclaim that God will create something beautiful out of this

I will sing praise for the amazing life I have already had. My life has been full of so many good things.

And so that is Julie’s Psalm. It may not be published but today it was proclaimed.

I've included the video and some pictures from the Celebration.  The link starts with Julie's slideshow and goes into the actual Celebration of Life ceremony.  Thank you for the 240+ people who attended, those who spoke and shared memories and those who remembered her in the comfort of their homes who couldn't make it to the service.  We KNOW she was smiling down upon us.

It's weird to think that this will be my last post since I commandeered her site to update her "fan base."  Julie, the control freak fought me long and hard on that one.....but one day I just took over and didn't stop, until today. Thank you to everyone for your kind words to me about the updates.  I appreciate your words and it was the least I could do to further honor a special lady.  

Julie will be laid to rest in a family plot on her birthday, November 13th, coming a full circle in this world.  We will miss her every day and cherish the times we had with her.  

God bless all of you and thank you again from the Yantes family and ALL her friends.  

Love,

Angela