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Julie: The Unwinding of the Miracle

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Health & Fitness

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🗓️ 22 January 2019

⏱️ 3 minutes

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"I couldn't watch myself be born, but I can watch myself die." Julie: The Unwinding of the Miracle begins on January 25th. This series is a companion to her posthumous memoir, The Unwinding of the Miracle, published by Random House. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Life July 14th, 2017.
0:04.0	Dear Mia and Isabel, I have solved all the logistical problems resulting from my death that I can think of.
0:15.0	If you knew that you were dying, how would you prepare for that moment?
0:20.0	I have left a list of instructions about who your dentist is and when to renew the violin
0:25.3	rental contract and the identity of the piano tuner.
0:28.4	What do you want to play?
0:31.7	Julie Yip Williams led us into that process before she died of colon cancer at the age of 42.
0:39.0	In the coming days I will make videos about all the ins and outs of the apartment so that everyone knows where
0:45.2	the air filters are and what kind of dog food Chipper eats.
0:48.8	Chipper, I'm trying to read the story of me. But I realized that these things are the low-hanging fruit.
0:55.6	Hello.
0:56.6	What is your name?
0:57.6	Yes, saying Williams.
0:59.1	What's your name, right?
1:00.2	Color.
1:01.6	I realized that I would have failed you greatly as your mother if I didn't
1:06.3	at least attempt to address what will likely be the greatest existential question of
1:11.6	your young lives.
1:12.3	And we are about to go for existential question of your young lives.
1:13.0	And we are about to go for me to receive treatment, hopefully.
1:18.0	You will forever be the kids whose mother died of cancer.
1:21.0	As your mother, I wish I could protect you from that pain. But also as your
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