Natalia Julius
March 29, 2003 - July 30, 2024
Natalia Ana Julius, born at her home in San Diego on March 29, 2003, died at her home in La Mesa, CA on July 30, 2024. She took her life after a decade of mental health struggles. Yet for most of that time, especially the last several years, her love, kindness, service to others, and humor masked the pain she was experiencing. Everyone fortunate enough to know Natalia knew her as a gift-giver, a comforter, a jokester, a radiant beauty, an artist. She loved her friends and family, her work and co-workers. She reveled in shared experiences, adventures, life celebrations, movies, and every type of silliness. She took great pleasure in a morning coffee drink, a late-night burrito, baking treats for others, and any opportunity to eat out with friends or family. She delighted in finding old treasures in thrift shops, experimenting with new makeup, and spending alone time with her pets, nature, music, and creative arts and crafts.
As we struggle to reconcile how we saw her with her final act, it is tempting to say it was all a performance. But it was not. She was authentic in her love for us and in her wonder of the world around her. But her mind was not well and did not allow her ultimately to accept that love and wonder as more real
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