Help Kelly Fight Stage 4 Cancer with Hope

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A Healing Journey for Kelly: Help Sustain Her Spirit, Healing & Stability Support a radiant soul in her journey through stage 4 cancer — and in reclaiming the resources she needs to live, heal, and thrive. My dear friend Kelly is one of the most magical, sincere, and quietly luminous humans I know. She’s the kind of person who leaves a trail of sparkle wherever she goes. Someone who radiates creativity, humility, and true kindness in a world that often feels hard-edged. She’s 44 years young, the eldest of eight siblings, and a single mom to an incredible daughter who just graduated and is headed to grad school in engineering. Kelly has spent her life caring for others. Now, it’s time she’s cared for in return. Kelly was diagnosed with stage 4 gastric cancer, labeled incurable by doctors. She lost her job, is working freelance to stay afloat, and continues to be her own caregiver as she navigates both conventional and alternative healing paths. In December, she sat with traditional Amazonian plant medicine for the first time — and something shifted. A portal opened emotionally, spiritually, and even physically. Since then, she’s begun seeing real signs of improvement. She’s felt a powerful calling to explore how emotional healing and sacred medicine can support her body — but traveling to the jungle isn’t safe given her condition. That’s why we’re fundraising not only to help send her to a deeply healing retreat in Denmark this July, but also to offer her the financial breathing room to rest, recover, and rebuild her life. Your donation supports: • Kelly’s place at the healing retreat (July 5–22), led by an Amazonian maestra • Travel, lodging, and supportive care in a safe, nurturing setting • Holistic treatments and integrative medicine support • Living expenses — rent, groceries, medicine, and time to heal • Ongoing financial relief as she seeks work, housing stability, and continued healing Kelly is the kind of soul who once quietly submitted a short film she co-created while working at PBS — and won an Emmy. That’s her essence. Quiet brilliance. Magical depth. Humble creativity. She’s walked through fire and still finds ways to love harder, shine brighter, and imagine more. If you feel moved to give, thank you. If you can’t donate, please consider sharing this with someone who might. Kelly has held so much for so many. It’s time for her to be held. Whether you donate $5 or $500 — or simply share this with your community — you’re helping create a path for hope, healing, and life to move through her again. Let’s lift her with love. Let’s show Kelly she’s not alone in this. Let’s hold her with the same fierce tenderness she’s always shown the world. With love and hope, Erica