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
Many of us crucify ourselves between two thieves – regret for the past and fear of the future. ~Fulton Oursler~ When one door closes, another opens; but we often look so long and so regretfully upon the closed door that we do not see the one which has opened for...
by Kelly Buckley | Apr 3, 2017 | Hope
People who look through keyholes are apt to get the idea that most things are keyhole shaped. ~Author Unknown~ The tulips in my back yard have started to pop up. The tulips are a sign of life from the cold ground, a good sign that spring will...
by Kelly Buckley | Mar 8, 2017 | Gratitude
One is not born a woman, one becomes one. ~ Simone De Beauvoir~ I’ve been writing for a number of years now. Books, blogs, speeches, tweets, grocery lists. But what I’ve never really discussed is the thousands of person to person emails I’ve exchanged with women who...
by Kelly Buckley | Dec 23, 2016 | Gratitude
Whatever else be lost among the years, Let us keep Christmas still a shining thing: Whatever doubts assail us, or what fears, Let us hold close one day, remembering Its poignant meaning for the hearts of men. Let us get back our childlike faith again. ~Grace Noll...
