“The retreat was a confirmation on the power of love, compassion," oneness" and empathy.
Those I met will always remain with me and in my heart with their own special gifts they shared and left with me. The retreat allowed removing the distractions of the "earthly world" and reconnect with the true meaning of life, love and the intended message Jesus has for all of us. Joy and Des were a crucial part in removing the obstacles of day-to-day activities by providing services with arranging our meals, creating a wonderful comfort level and meeting all our other needs. I greatly appreciate all that you had done and each of you individually. I will always be looking to speak and meet with everyone on our retreat through the rest of our journey. Finally for Kelly, I will say words can't express sufficiently the gratitude I have for her and her gift. I feel as though the best way to convey her gift and my love is by letting everyone know what has unfolded since I had been back. There are 2 incidents but I have to tell you the most dramatic.
During our Sunday reading Kelly stated when channeling that her guides told her that a friend was trying to get through to me. I had mentioned to my sister later that I don't know of many people that I would call friends, but those I know are alive. When I returned home and on Monday, had running to do and was happily exhausted from the weekend so I didn't check my mail until this morning. The first message I saw was the notification that my family and mothers friend, Jean Thomas had passed away late Friday. I only became aware of Jean at the celebration of life for my cousin who committed suicide earlier this year. Jean remembered me and came up to introduce herself; we shared memories, along with email and phone numbers. We exchanged several messages and made plans to meet once she felt better. I thank Kelly for providing and preparing me for his news, for I believe that was Jean reaching out. And to know that Jean considered me a friend gives me comfort with this loss.
Kelly's workshop was outlined perfectly. It walked us through steps, allowed us to be vulnerable and trust each other to start the healing. We were given tools and she offered guidance on use.
This is Kelly, her gifts, sincerity and love can't be denied but should be celebrated.
Apologies for the length but please take the message as confirmation of what love and understanding can do when working though your grief and moving forward in life.”
Trudy Weller
“I want to share a little bit about my experience with the Living Through Grief Retreat this past weekend.
I knew I was going to get "something" out of this weekend, but I didn't know how intensely life changing it was going to be. There are no words profound enough to describe the feeling of love and peace that not only myself, but EVERYONE there, experienced.
There were stories and experiences, meditations, journaling, readings, AMAZING food, wonderful and comfortable accommodations, tears, laughter, new friendships and memories.
I want to thank everyone who attended for sharing their stories and sharing their heart. I want to thank Joy and Des for their hospitality, and all of the behind the scenes work they both did to make this a wonderful and memorable experience. And I want to thank you, Kelly, for sharing your gifts, your insight, your heart and your love
This was a weekend I will never EVER forget.”
Mindy Potts
“I'm a week out from one of the best weekends of my life
- the Living Through Grief Retreat with Kelly. I had no idea how moving, cleansing, and uplifting an experience it would be. The vulnerability and strength shown by my fellow participants made the weekend such a loving and caring one. What we learned from Kelly about living with our grief is invaluable.”
REBECCA BROOKS
“I wanted to share my testimony.
I want to start off by saying thank you, to Kelly, and to you all for sharing, listening, and just being so kind and welcoming to myself and each other. We are all grieving, and our grief journeys are unique and also alike, but we all came together and trusted each other to share.
I had a great time with you all, and I learned a lot from you all as well. We shared some laughs and some tears, but I feel like we all took something away from the retreat it was a very loving atmosphere.
I appreciate each of you, and I'm very grateful.
I strongly recommend anyone who is thinking of doing a grief retreat with Kelly to absolutely do it! She definitely gives so much peace and closure; and it is such a rewarding experience.”
Trish
“I just wanted to say that I agree with everything that has been said and I couldn’t have explained it better, so I won’t even try. I did want to share 3 things that happened to me in the last 24 hours. The item that meant so much to me that was Tyler’s was made into a gift for me from my daughter for my birthday today. It was a blue dog that Tiffany opened up its nose and mouth and put a recorded message box in it with Tyler’s voice saying Happy Birthday Mom” when I press his nose. Now I will always have his voice at at arms reach when I need to hear it. MIND BLOWING! When you told me it would be made into a gift, I didn’t believe it, because I would never give that stuffed animal away or let anyone take it apart. Now, I AM A BELIEVER 100%! Thank you Kelly. #2, while laying in bed this morning, I was thinking about everything that was said and done over the weekend, and suddenly I felt someone put there hand on my shoulder. It was heavy and unmistakable. I have never experienced anything like that. I believe it was Tyler. Thank you Kelly for teaching me how to open up and to receive Gods love and gifts from loved ones.. #3 The first thing I saw this morning when I opened up the drapes, was a beautiful cardinal. I wouldn’t have thought anything about it had we not attended the retreat this weekend. I could not ask for a more meaningful birthday than what I received this morning.. Thank all of you for your love, stories and support. Most of all, thank you Kelly for making me a believer and giving me the best gift of all.”
Linda
Kelly’s Response:
Oh my gosh honey, that’s the gift!
Thats what he was saying.
He kept saying he couldn't talk about it because of it being turned into a gift.
He wanted it to be surprise for your bday
No wonder he stood there and said “this is all I can say”.
What great validation that what he said to me, you received it as a gift.
He proved himself to you.
I always trust what they give in the moment, they know best.
Even if you didn’t understand then, it makes sense when it's supposed too!
Happy bday,
Kelly