Kelly Guest

Update: Mini campaign to fix the Highlander. Thanks for re jumpstarting this campaign folxs. We are now nearly 3/4 of the way to the goal of $2000. Please continue to donate and/or share. Photo ID: Aurelia on top of Nicodemus in Corrales, NM

Update: Mini campaign to fix the Highlander. The campaign is stalled at $829 out of the $2000 requested! Need a jumpstart to get it going again. Please continue to donate and share. Photo ID: Aurelia in the back of our old Van with turkeys.

8 months and counting: mini campaign to get work on the Highlander: we are almost to our halfway mark and have raised $829 out of the $2000 requested! Thanks everyone who have donated and thanks to everyone for continuing to share this mini campaign in the shadow of such great loss. photo ID: Aurelia, Tracey and friends on the way to the ghost town of Dearfield Colorado to make a film Aurelia created and directed.

Update: Mini Campaign to fix the Highlander. We have just crossed the 1/4 way there threshold. So far the campaign has raised $629 of the $2000 requested. Thanks to all who have donated and shared! ID: Jason, Kelly, Aurelia, and Tracey on a socially distant birthday parade in the Highlander. 2020.

Update: 8 months and counting. So far the campaign to repair the Highlander has raised $469 out of the $2000 requested. Thanks to all who have dug deep into their pockets this month. This mini campaign has reached about 1/4 of the goal. Please share this GoFundMe with your networks. With love and appreciation, Kelly Photo ID: our trip to the UFO watchtower in 2020 which was a consolation for not having any senior events or a graduation.

Update: 8 Months Without Aurelia Dear Friends, Family, and Kind Supporters, It has been 8 months since I lost my beautiful 23-year-old child, Aurelia/Tully Starr, to suicide. The pain of her absence is a daily reality that words cannot fully capture. As many of you know, my world was already fractured after losing my husband, Jason, in October of 2024 after a long illness in which I was his caregiver. This brief span of time was also punctuated with grief from the death of my biological father, Charles, and longtime family friend, Woody, whom I was also a caregiver for. I have lost so many deeply important people in my life in such a short period of time. Maneuvering through this compounding grief has taken a severe physical and emotional toll. I am currently navigating the profound, exhausting impacts of complex, long-term trauma. Every day is a battle against severe anxiety, emotional flashbacks, and hypervigilance. September is also Suicide Awareness Month. A Suicide Survivor or Survivor of Suicide Loss is a family member, friend, or loved one of a person who has died by suicide. Everyone is affected by suicide uniquely based on their circumstances. The brain of a survivor can interpret a sudden traumatic loss as an explicit threat to survival. This can alter brain chemistry, reallocate energy, and physically rewire neural networks. Suicide survivors frequently suffer from brain fog and memory loss from the traumatic experience of losing their loved one. Because of my own personal trauma, my brain and memory are not functioning at full capacity right now, and my body requires an immense amount of rest just to get through the day. I am doing everything I can to heal. I am actively in grief therapy and have joined multiple grief support groups to help me process this immense weight. I want nothing more than to be self-sufficient, but the current employment market has made finding a job incredibly difficult. Despite trying many different approaches, I have not been able to secure substantial work. Right now, my immediate challenge is basic survival. I am struggling to cover my essential monthly bills like housing and utilities. To make matters harder, my car now needs significant mechanical work (up to $2,000), which is critical for me to get to my therapy appointments and continue my job search. I am reaching out today to humbly ask for your continued support. Every donation to this fund buys me the time I need to rest, heal, keep my transportation running, and continue searching for a path forward. If you are able to donate, please consider sharing this fund and my story with others. Thank you from the bottom of my heart for keeping my Aurelia’s memory alive and for holding me up when I cannot stand on my own. With love and gratitude, Kelly