Julianne Phelps Memorial and Funeral Arrangements

Hi, my name is Austin. That's the easy part of this. The hard part is having to say that my wife, Julianne Phelps, the most amazing and caring person I have ever known, has passed away. We are still trying to process this, and honestly, it just doesn't feel real - even as I type this.

Our daughter Regan is autistic, and grasps that changes are happening, but doesn't get the finality of this. Her Mommy has been in the hospital so much the past few months, that the house isn't "that different" yet. Daddy seems more emotional, which might be another clue for her.

I have been explaining to Regan that Mommy is in Heaven, but there are a lot of things that just take more time for our baby to understand. My apologies for dumping the emotional stuff on here. I truly just want people to remember Julianne for the amazing individual, beautiful wife, and loving mother that she was. And it's embarrassing, but I need to ask for help.

Everything feels like it was sudden. Julianne got sick in March, then it was more hospital stays than being home from that point on. I had stopped working to pack lunch for Regan and take her to the hospital every day for her "summer vacation," but I had to make sure we spent as much time with Julianne as possible.

And we thought there was more time. We always thought there would be more time to plan, more time to worry about handling things like one of us passing away, and more time together. However, our time was cut short, and now I have to ask for the help of anyone that will listen.

Anything is appreciated as I prepare Regan for a small memorial in Ohio with Julianne's friends, and then hopefully we can take Julianne's ashes to Texas to visit her mother Gloria's grave.

Thank you for taking the time to read this, and thank Julianne Phelps for being my world these last 18 years. I miss you so much.

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On behalf of myself and our daughter Regan, thank you to everyone that has helped, in every way. Every donation is appreciated. Every time someone shares this, it's appreciated. YOU are appreciated for helping to remember my beautiful wife, a loving mother, a caring sister and so much more to so many, in Julianne Phelps.

From the first stroke this past March, to her leaving us Thursday morning, everything happened rapidly. We were lucky to spend a lot of time together in that period; even if it was in the hospital, we were together. But there was no time to plan, not for this. I want to thank every one of you, so much.