by Brianna Kelly | Jan 17, 2023 | Uncategorized
1. Damar Hamlin visits with teammates before cheering on Bills from home Buffalo Bills’ Damar Hamlin is spreading the love for his teammates by visiting his fellow players and cheering them on during their first playoff game while he continues to recover after...
by Brianna Kelly | Jan 12, 2023 | Hope
Hello, my friends. I’ve been thinking about the renewing power of your own past and applying that to renewal and recalibration when you feel powerless in this crazy world of ours. My mind has been in overdrive lately. After a long spell away from my writing, I am not...
by Kelly Buckley | Nov 16, 2022 | Gratitude, Hope, Unity
The life I touch for good or ill will touch another life, and that in turn another, until who knows where the trembling stops or in what far place my touch will be felt. ~Frederick Buechner~ We are a week away from our American Thanksgiving. The stores are already...
by Kelly Buckley | May 22, 2021 | Gratitude, Grief, Hope
Dearest Raffi, I wanted to write to you today to share my gratitude for your incredible talent, generosity, and humility, but most of all, your ability to connect so deeply with the hearts of children and adults alike. Today is my son Stephen’s birthday. He...
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 Andrew Hagopian | Sep 24, 2020 | Uncategorized
I wanted to send you a quick note to check-in and to update you on my work. I’ve been working on some new things and needed to focus on my family and health. I wanted to send you a quick note to check-in and to update you on my work. My apologies to all of you...
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...
