by Kelly Buckley | Sep 25, 2020 | Gratitude
A New Chapter for JOLT, Strong Wise Women and Me I’m getting ready to launch the new look and feel for my work. It’s hard to believe that I’ve been doing this for eleven years. Looking back, I’m not sure how this happened. I have always been under the impression that...
by Kelly Buckley | Aug 28, 2018 | Grief
Dogs’ lives are too short. Their only fault, really. ~Agnes Sligh Turnbull~ Yesterday we lost a family member, a writing partner, a teacher and a loyal friend. Rudy the Wonder Dog is no longer in pain, and for that we are thankful. But as you know, the ache we...
by Kelly Buckley | Feb 13, 2018 | Grief
Love is a consistent passion to give, not a meek persistent hope to receive. The only demand of life is the privilege to love all. ~ Swami Chinmayananda ~ What if this arrived in the mail today? My Dearest (Insert Your Name Here), ...
by Kelly Buckley | Dec 11, 2017 | Grief
I just can’t take it anymore. On several occasions over the past few months, I’ve asked my husband, “is this really happening?” It seems that we have found ourselves, much like the cast of Stranger Things, threatened by the Upside-Down world. I don’t know how...
by Kelly Buckley | Sep 17, 2017 | Hope
Woulda. Coulda. Shoulda. If I can be completely honest, those three fabricated words drive me nuts. Three words that actually sum up what is wrong with the world these days. We keep looking back hoping to fix what’s in front of us. Shortly after Stephen died, a...