06/19/2025
✨ A Letter From My Heart ✨
Tomorrow marks four weeks since everything changed — four weeks that have forever shifted the course of my life, my family’s life, and the life of this community we’ve built together.
The Village is officially closed. Forced into this decision — not by choice, not by desire, but by circumstances we never could have imagined when we opened our doors and poured every ounce of our hearts, savings, and energy into creating this community.
From the first days teaching outside under the trees…to my home studio (WITH Child Watch!)… to our virtual studio… to building our brick and mortar space WITH child watch (one of the only studios in the nation to offer that!)… to seeing families grow up with us — it has all meant more than words can hold.
We know the loss of this space is devastating for so many of you. For your routines, for your kids, for your connection. It is for us too — in ways I can’t fully express.
To every client, every teacher, every guest workshop leader, every front desk and Lil Village staff member — THANK YOU. Thank you for believing in us, for showing up, for laughing, crying, moving, and healing beside us. Whether you were with us for one class or since day one… you are part of our story forever.
It feels surreal to find myself right back where I started: outside, under the sky, by the river. Maybe it’s where I should have stayed all along. Maybe Mother Nature knew better than me and is guiding me home again now.
I’m sorry we couldn’t keep the four walls standing. But I promise you this: the mission lives on. The community lives on. The spirit of The Village is moving to the river — where we will gather again, breathe again, move again, and hold each other through it all.
I hope you’ll meet me there — and keep writing this story with me. You all mean something so special to me and to Doug. Here’s to a new chapter!!
From our hearts — thank you for every single moment.
This is not goodbye.
It’s see you at the river 🌊
…..hope to see a lot of you tomorrow! And can’t wait to catch everyone else riverside this summer! It’s going to be a good one!!
☀️Kelly (& Doug)
