God’s Valentine

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),  ...

Life’s Challenges and Changes and a Fresh Coat of Paint

by Kelly Buckley | Dec 7, 2016 | Gratitude

I wrote this piece a few years ago.  It’s funny, as I continue to write, I am more aware of the fact that I get my inspiration from painting projects, washing machines, duct tape and digging in the dirt in my back yard.  Simple mundane things that I can relate...

Walking with Anxiety-Tips for Managing Day to Day

by Kelly Buckley | Sep 6, 2016 | Gratitude

  Anxiety is love’s greatest killer. It makes others feel as you might when a drowning man holds on to you. You want to save him, but you know he will strangle you with his panic.  ~Anais Nin~ I haven’t really discussed it before. I’ve dealt...

Person to Person

by Kelly Buckley | Aug 23, 2016 | Unity

We ourselves feel that what we are doing is just a drop in the ocean. But the ocean would be less because of that missing drop. ~Mother Teresa~ I have been in a bit of a funk over the past number of weeks. Not many would notice, but on the inside there is a gnawing...

Life is Like a Vegetable Garden

by Kelly Buckley | Aug 16, 2016 | Gratitude

The best place to seek God is in a garden. You can dig for him there. ~George Bernard Shaw~   What’s got my attention today? My garden. It is one of my most favorite things. It is not a sweeping landscape or a professionally groomed masterpiece that could grace...