Make a little birdhouse in your soul!

So I painted a little “Hope Birdhouse” for Jim and Karen, and was able to hang in their breezeway today!  I tried to emulate the Garden of Hope birdhouse at the Shepherd Center in Atlanta, of which Karen had sent me a photo. What was especially fitting was going out today with Jim to a Wild [...]

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“Their Muchness”

Heather B. took photos at the JK Golf Tournament & Fundraiser. She captured the essence of what was an uplifting, poignant, and heartwarming day. Check them out: Jim Kleyle Golf Fundraiser – Welcome Home Jim & Sweetie! She also posted about the day and her feelings, on her blog. “I think it’s hard to know how [...]

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Pilgrimage

I am so very excited to see Jim, but I find myself experiencing a touch of trepidation mixed with my euphoria, creating a heady, confusing mix which leaves me slightly baffled as to how I should relate to him – knowing full well that it should be fine, will be fine, already is fine. But.  [...]

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The Kleyle Well, Hope Springs Eternal

A guest post by Jess B. I’ve been thinking about the condition Jim was dealing with before the accident, Ankylosing Spondylitis. I remember the first time Sweetie, Jim and I were talking about it and Sweetie was like, “I can’t believe you can say that so easily! It’s a mouthful.” My uncle was diagnosed with [...]

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One way you can help Jim.

NTAF Mid-Atlantic Spinal Cord Injury Fund Family and friends of Jim Kleyle are raising money to pay for uninsured medical expenses associated with catastrophic injury. Jim has chosen to fundraise with NTAF Catastrophic Injury Fund in part because NTAF provides both tax-deductibility and fiscal accountability to contributors. Contributors can be sure that funds contributed will [...]

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