by Kelly Buckley | Aug 31, 2016 | Gratitude, Grief
As we watch the sand through the hourglass on this last day of August, I wanted to revisit my thoughts on what makes a strong wise woman. My definition continues to evolve as I do and deepens as I continue to have this beautiful and intimate conversation with women...
by Kelly Buckley | Apr 4, 2016 | Hope
April is National Poetry Month. Poetry has played such an important role in telling the story of humanity. It illuminates the commonality of our human experience, connecting us through the power of words. To celebrate, I want to share one of the poems that has shaped...
by Kelly Buckley | Feb 25, 2016 | Hope
Our human compassion binds us the one to the other – not in pity or patronizingly, but as human beings who have learnt how to turn our common suffering into hope for the future. ~ Nelson Mandela ~ Rough on one side and smooth on the other…just like life....
by Kelly Buckley | Feb 2, 2016 | Hope
Alas! must it ever be so? Do we stand in our own light, wherever we go, And fight our own shadows forever? ~Edward Robert Bulwer Lytton~ Well Happy Groundhog Day! This is the day each year that we gaze towards a nervous rodent in a hole to predict the future....
by Kelly Buckley | Nov 24, 2015 | Grief
To speak gratitude is courteous and pleasant, to enact gratitude is generous and noble, but to live gratitude is to touch Heaven. ~ Johannes A. Gaertner ~ The table is set, but something is missing. He is missing; my beautiful son Stephen. Each year, I...
