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kellyjoysimmons
Sep 14, 202333 min read
Through it all, love remains. 9/11
Twenty-two years ago, my sons were in grade school. September 11, 2001. I couldn’t sleep that night thinking about how much the world had...
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kellyjoysimmons
Sep 14, 20233 min read
A sharp left turn
Things are changing dramatically around here. And yet what is always true is always true: Listen to the soul. The messages and downloads...
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kellyjoysimmons
Sep 7, 20233 min read
Passing the expo baton - Rockford April 2024
The Rockford area has always had spiritual and metaphysical folks, but it seems like they were all in hidden pockets tucked away, except...
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kellyjoysimmons
Sep 4, 20232 min read
Ancora Imparo
Michelangelo supposedly scribbled the words “Ancora Imparo” in his sketches when he was 87 years old. That Italian phrase means “Yet, I...
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kellyjoysimmons
Aug 28, 20233 min read
Being 20 years old at a hospice in England
I still see her. Elsie. Thin, frail, hunched in a wheelchair, a blanket on her lap despite the warm day. Her hair like straw sticking out...
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kellyjoysimmons
Aug 17, 20232 min read
Is life feeling very swirly?
Do you ever feel that life is swirling very very fast? And yet also not?? That things/events/occasions/situations are zooming around and...
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kellyjoysimmons
Aug 8, 20232 min read
Pennies of kindness
Our last Meditation Gathering was so powerful. We didn’t actually levitate, but we were floating in love! Come join us next time! We...
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kellyjoysimmons
Jul 20, 20232 min read
An Expo journey
In late 2022, I was called by Spirit to organize a Mind Body Spirit EXPO for the Rockford area for the spring. Such expos are commonplace...
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kellyjoysimmons
Jul 20, 20235 min read
LIVE AID: Freddie, Di, and me
Last week on July 13, I heard on the radio: "This week in rock history. LIVE AID." I was there. I dug out my concert ticket, took a pic...
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kellyjoysimmons
Jul 18, 20233 min read
We ripen together
"Pears cannot ripen alone. So we ripened together." Meridel Le Sueur When I moved into my “divorce condo,” that quote resonated so much I...
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kellyjoysimmons
Jul 10, 20235 min read
Moving Stories
“Instead of cleaning my house, I'm just going to move to a new one." ~Unknown (Wasn't me) People often ask about my moving stories. Not...
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kellyjoysimmons
Jun 14, 20232 min read
Odd ducks, Emerson, and an invitation
Hello loveys! Thanks for being here. I just want to pop in real quick and say HELLO! Back in the day, I sent a joy letter every single...
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kellyjoysimmons
Jun 14, 20232 min read
Having an off day
Hi. I'm having a moment. Of aggravation. Frustration. Sadness. Sometimes people are surprised that I ever get angry. Or pissy at my...
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kellyjoysimmons
Jun 2, 20232 min read
A true celebration of life
A memorial service this past weekend for Marcia Phillips West was so lovely, loving, and inspiring. Marcia had written a letter in...
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kellyjoysimmons
Jun 2, 20231 min read
Your only job is you
A CHANNELED MESSAGE FOR YOU FROM MY JOURNAL: Your Higher Self sees you in a lovely space surrounded by all that you love, the Beauty that...
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kellyjoysimmons
May 16, 20232 min read
Be a lamp, a lifeboat, or a ladder
THANK YOU! AccessSOUL Mind Body Spirit Expo. Holy wow! April 29, Rockford, IL, the love vibe was bouncing high! That snapshot is a...
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kellyjoysimmons
May 9, 20232 min read
Will & Kate and Jim & Me
April 29 is the twelfth wedding anniversary for Will and Kate, Prince and Princess of Wales. I know that, not because I’m a Royal...
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kellyjoysimmons
Apr 28, 20231 min read
A seed was planted
This is our former backyard. We loved it. (We left that house to move to the beautiful Black Hills but all our beautiful babies are here...
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kellyjoysimmons
Apr 25, 20232 min read
Be gentle with yourself
"If you feel safe in the area you’re working in, you’re not working in the right area. Always go a little further into the water than you...
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kellyjoysimmons
Apr 24, 20232 min read
Small acts, big impact
Back when my speaking gigs focused on joy, happiness, and stress-reduction, one of my go-to quotes was from Leo Buscaglia: “Too often we...
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