Kim Julian

Golf Widow Kim Julian

Kimberly Julian, wife of PGA golf pro Jeff Julian, was forced to face the most unfathomable of circumstances when her new husband was diagnosed with a terminal illness eight months after they wed. This tender, disarmingly honest, and wry memoir, shares their story.
 
At the age of thirty, Kim Julian's life was coming together beautifully. A devoted mom and Branson performer, she had found the love of her life when she met Jeff Julian, a towering PGA tour player. Caddying for Jeff, she became integral part of the PGA world.
 
What Julian did not know was that their fortune as a family was about to become brutally upended. She battled conflicting feelings of guilt, anger, and grief, while addressing a societal expectation of smiling self-sacrifice. Through it all, flashes of joy and humor keep this moving story buoyant and hopeful, while offering astute comfort from a caregiver's perspective that is certain to resonate with anyone struggling with this complicated role, providing the wisdom and empathy to make it through challenging times.