by Kelli Donley | Jan 26, 2013 | Journal, Travel
Great friends hold you to your values and dreams. They do not let you give up. Meg and I have been friends since high school, when others on swim team mistook us for sisters. Close enough. Her parents lovingly refer to me as their other daughter. Her children refer to...
by Kelli Donley | Jan 14, 2013 | Journal
As a reaction to school yard bullies, there is a dark recess in my psyche where I can retreat if I’ve tried and failed all possibilities to make a relationship better. The route goes a bit like this: Enter one of the following cul-de-sacs, right off the...
by Kelli Donley | Oct 22, 2012 | Journal
Lithium baths, Vail, trail mix, altitude sickness, hot gossip shared in hot pools, skinny jeans, boots, babies, husbands, boyfriends, burritos, margaritas, Glenwood Springs, wine, dogs, travel, parents, siblings, canyon drives, books, movies, face cream, budgeting,...
by Kelli Donley | Oct 12, 2012 | Journal
Thank you for your kind words about the loss of my grandmother. She will be forever missed and loved. My family appreciates your kindness. xo, K
by Kelli Donley | Oct 11, 2012 | Faith, Journal
I’m 32, soon to be 33. In this time, I’ve had a fairly storybook family life, with little loss. When my great grandmother Clarice died, I was 20, serving in the Peace Corps in Cameroon. The news came one afternoon when giant thunderheads gathered in a...
by Kelli Donley | Sep 5, 2012 | Journal
In Prescott last weekend, I stopped at booth at an art fair to buy a decorative metal yard stake for a friend. I walked up to the checkout, handed the female vendor the stake and chatted her up, as I would just about anyone. “Hey, thanks for this. Did you make...
