"I don’t know who this lady is... she waved at him and he made his way up to her. I thought their interaction would be the same as last time but I was wrong. "
"I felt the tug on my sleeve and looked down to find him standing motionless. His mouth was moving but I couldn’t make out his words. His quiet body in the noisy room caught me off guard. I bent down to find his voice."
Kelsey is an editor at Outreach. She’s passionate about fear fighting, freedom writing, and the pursuit of excellence in the name of crucifying perfectionism. Glitter is her favorite color, 2nd only to pink, and 3rd only to pink glitter.
"We were in the dairy aisle, just about ready to check out when my phone rang. It was my sister calling to tell me there’d been a shooting at Sandy Hook, the elementary school where my mom was the principal. I didn’t know yet that she had been killed."
"I ran out of my new house in my new neighborhood in my underwear, set off the alarm & called the police.... literally no bra, no shoes, no pants.. a dog in one arm and a gun in the other... making a mad dash across my yard to get to my car."
“I know so many people feel that same sense of hopelessness that it keeps happening, but then I have to channel that frustration, that anger, but also my love, into this work that I know is going to save lives."
Starting December 4th, St. Jude's "This Shirt Saves Lives" initiative is being promoted by country artists like Kip Moore, Kelsea Ballerini, Luke Bryan, Darius Rucker, Brothers Osborne and Maren Morris across social media.