Kelly Ann Brady

Biography

Timeline

1. December 16, 1968 at 5:56 a.m.

   Birth of Kelly Ann Brady

   Diana recalls being thrilled throughout pregnancy and at Kelly’s arrival.

   Diana's Chapter

2. 1990

   Kelly earns her Masters

   Earned her Masters in Rehabilitation Mental Health Counseling.

   Diana's Chapter

3. 1995

   Treatment and cure of Hodgkin’s disease

   Diana states that Kelly was treated and cured of Hodgkin’s disease in 1995; the experience led to an interest in Traditional Chinese Medicine.

   Diana's Chapter

4. When Kelly was an infant

   Grandma Hobson meets Kelly

   Diana recalls that Grandma Hobson got to meet Kelly in infancy.

   Diana's Chapter

5. When she was eighteen months old; for the holidays

   Kelly’s snowy holiday visit to Moline

   Kelly refused to walk in a snowsuit in the snow, then undressed and danced on the back porch.

   Diana's Chapter

6. Kelly’s elementary school days

   Bicycles and roller skates

   The children rode bicycles while wearing roller skates and crashed; Kelly came inside bleeding and crying, followed by a frightened Byron.

   Diana's Chapter

7. One Halloween during childhood

   The Halloween pea costume

   Byron’s mother designed costumes for Byron as The Jolly Green Giant and Kelly as his little Green Pea. Kelly cried in pain when fitted with the chicken-wire pea frame.

   Diana's Chapter

8. When she was four years old

   Kelly’s Father’s Day card

   Kelly made a card saying, “Daddy, I love you more than macaroni and cheese.”

   Diana's Chapter

9. After her treatment in 1995; earned by the time of narration

   Kelly’s degree in Traditional Chinese Medicine

   Diana reports that Kelly now has a degree in Traditional Chinese Medicine.

   Diana's Chapter

Stories mentioning Kelly

• Early Morning Journeys and Friendship in the HospitalDiana traces the unexplained falls and progressive skin and leg changes that led Dr. Menton to refer her to Illinois Research Hospital in Chicago. Early morning family drives combined the comforting smell of coffee and cheese sandwiches with the fear of examinations and long waits. As illness interrupted school, Mrs. Lynch tutored her at home. Repeated hospital stays brought painful procedures and treatments, but also friendship with Loopy Gonzalez, hallway races, water-balloon mischief, Friday hamburgers, parties, special dresses, chapel services, and visits from family and friends. She also remembers homemade food and a church-donated basket from which she could open one present each day.
• Welcoming Kelly and Raising a Florida BabyDiana recalls her delight in pregnancy and Kelly’s birth, her mother’s help, and Lee’s tender care for their baby. Kelly disliked clothes and shoes. During a holiday visit to Moline, she refused to walk in the snow, then undressed indoors and was found dancing on the back porch singing “coolding!”
• Daredevil Friends, Favorite Foods, and Cards with GrandmaKelly and Byron Huntsberger shared bicycle mishaps, neighborhood pranks, and elaborate Halloween costumes, including a painful pea costume Kelly rejected. Kelly celebrated her love for her father with a nursery-school card declaring she loved him more than macaroni and cheese. Family traditions included fishing trips and games of 500, with Kelly and her grandmother always partners.
• Kelly’s Courage and a Mother’s PrideKelly earned her Masters in Rehabilitation Mental Health Counseling in 1990. After being treated and cured of Hodgkin’s disease in 1995, she developed an interest in Traditional Chinese Medicine and earned a degree in it. Diana praises her daughter’s courage, compassion, determination, and tender heart.

In the family geneagram

Recorded in the geneagram kept with the book. Where the corrected pages and the master run differ, both readings are shown and the corrected one is the reading the archive follows.

Referenced in

• Diana's Chapter
• Diana's Chapter — LIFE WITH KELLY