Indispensable Link

Indispensable Link

"Before I formed you in the womb I knew you . . .”  Jeremiah1:5 Before I created Julie Wyler  for Baggage burdens., I already knew that she would serve as a vital link to Jill’s past, to Jill’s chance for healing.

Jill fled Brampton, Ontario intending on making a clean break with her past. Only memories of her grandmother brought her comfort, but contact with her was out of the question.

A critical element for healing the psychological damage done by her parents is Jill talking with the person she most respected, Josey, her grandmother. Given Jill’s predisposition to have nothing to do with her former life how can she be drawn back? Answer: Julie.

First create a situation where Jill is starving for companionship. Then use one of Jill’s few true friends to introduce Jill to Julie, Jill’s second cousin. While Julie could be seen as a potential threat, a connection to her feared past, Julie’s news about Jill’s family, particularly the death of her mother, erases all apprehension. Julie empathizes with Jill’s loss. A close friendship develops. It also provides the conduit by which Jill learns of Josey’s failing health. Josey hopes it would be a powerful enough urge to draw Jill back to Ontario.

 Unknown to Jill, Josey had asked Julie to find  her granddaughter. All Josey knew is that Jill lived in or near Camrose. She missed her granddaughter and wanted to be in a position to help her if she was ever in need. Because Josey knew the depth of Jill’s independent streak, Josey made Julie promise not to reveal that Josey had found her. Julie kept that secret until she thought Jill had attempted to take her life. Julie hoped the threat of calling Jill’s grandmother would snap Jill out of her depression. Julie also updated Josey on developments in Jill’s life.

From information given by Julie, Josey establishes other contacts by which she follows changes in Jill’s life.

When Jill finds out that Julie has been telling her grandmother about Jill’s life she calls Julie a spy. Do you disapprove of Julie’s reporting to Josey?

The most discriminated character, in Baggage burdens is Martin Shopka.  In the next blog you’ll see why in Jill’s eyes, he has three strikes against him.