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 | 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 | 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 | 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...