Blog Post 07-04-2025 Update on Laurie Kelly and the 4th of July.

 

The miracle continues to unfold, Laurie, Brian, Caiden John, and Berkleigh are at home in Kennesaw, GA. It is July 4, 2025, and once again, Brian’s sister Elizabeth and her family [husband Kyle, their children: Declan, Deacon, Maren & Kellen] are celebrating my-daughter-in-law Laurie’s continued recovery from the brain aneurysm she suffered on July 4, 2018.

Each year since 2018 Brian’s sister Elizabeth and her family visit the Georgia Kellys to share the 4th of July Holiday, a.k.a. HOPE FILLED DAY, to celebrate Laurie’s continued recovery from her aneurysm. That recovery is remarkable, her recovery is a miracle, her recovery is a blessing given to Brian, Caiden, Berkleigh, and all of us.

Perseverance in Prayer [pleas, tears, shouts & joys], assistance from friends, family and others from the community and Laurie’s tenacity with her therapies, have contributed to her recovery.

Seven years ago, Brian prayed for Divine Intervention and The Lord answered Brian’s prayer and said, it is not Laurie’s time to enter eternity, but it is your time to help her carry her cross here trusting in God’s never-failing mercy.

Laurie’s progress has been steady and wonderful to behold. She continues her therapy each week and vigorously pursues her goal of full recovery. Laurie, Brian, and all of us are grateful for your prayers over the years and hope that you will continue praying for them. Trust that we pray for you and your families every day.

The family photo above was taken on June 20, 2025, when the Kelly Family gathered at Our Lady of Perpetual Help Parish in Bethlehem, PA to celebrate my 25th anniversary as a deacon.

 

On a national note, today, we celebrate our Independence.

In 1776 our Declaration of Independence announced our break with Great Britain and offered these ideals: “We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.”

With all the problems we face as a nation [political, social, economic, etc.] take time today to count your blessings and thank God for our nation, however, flawed. May we heal, hope, seek and pray for the United States of America and may we seek to live the ideals we proclaim.

 

 

May God Bless America and May God Bless all people of all nations today and every day.

May God Be Praised.