Help Kelly Noble - Jim Noble Memorial Fund
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Can you donate $10 to help Kelly Noble get through the next six months of her life as she grieves the passing of her husband, and our dear friend, Jim Noble?
On top of the grief she has to endure, and all the restrictions and challenges in the California COVID-19 environment, she faces monumental medical bills related to Jim's care before he left us. This fund is to try to set up 6 months of her living expenses so she doesn't have to worry about the basic necessities - rent, utilities, cooking, LIVING - and can concentrate on picking up the pieces.
Please donate what you can. No amount is too small. This GoFundMe is being administrated by Theresa Grant and Cyd Shelby, and all proceeds are going solely to Kelly.
Here is what Kelly shared with us all today via Facebook.
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"Many years ago I met the most amazing man. We were both members of a group on usenet dedicated to Renaissance Faires.
We first "met" at a gathering called a Stitch N Bitch at a friends home. We never actually spoke at that gathering, though we slept in the living room, head to toe along with the other attendees, many of whom have been dear friends throughout our life together. We were to meet many times that faire season, especially over the course of Invasion weekend, when many members of the group flew in to enjoy the faire as a group. Jim organized many events for the group that weekend, and the members of AFR who attended added even more lifelong friends to our list. The final event of the weekend was to be a group trip to Disneyland. He asked me to join him that day, but a tow truck intervened and I was unable to meet him there.
We met again at an end of faire party at another friends home, shortly after my birthday. He brought me a birthday card, a gift card, and we were basically inseparable. That evening (except for when the damn chair we were sitting in collapsed) and from then on.
Jim filled my life from then on with love and light. He was a true romantic and he told me daily that I was beautiful. He never convinced me, but I know he meant it every time. He supported my love of photography. Pushed me to go outside of my comfort zones. He filled my life with wine and beer tastings, travel amazing friends and a HUGE family. He supported me in all my most difficult moments. He would do silly things just to make me smile and had more love to give than anyone else I've ever known. We shared magic, music, and laughter. He was my person.
He rarely met anyone who was not his friend by the end of the meeting. And he would do anything he possibly could for a friend in need.
He loved all of his many family members with his whole heart, from his Mother, Father, and brothers to the many many cousins, nieces, nephews and just as many friends who became family to him.
He had many challenges in life, and strove to overcome them, never letting his struggles change his kind and loving nature.
I took him to the hospital on June 1st. He was never well enough to come back home. For the last 5 1/2 months, I was unable to hug or kiss my husband or even hold his hand skin to skin as visiting was only allowed with full PPE gear. For too much of his stay in the hospital I wasn't allowed to visit him at all. The last time I saw him was Wednesday the 16th. It was an exception to the latest no visiting order. I held his hand one last time Sunday afternoon, without the gloves.
On Sunday, 12/20/20, at 3:36 p.m. we lost this incredible loving man to his months long illness. He was gone before we arrived at the LTAC.
The world is a darker place without his light, and I will miss him every day of the rest of my life.
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Along with Kelly's post, we would add that Jim was an avid Ingress and PokemonGo player, beer enthusiast, and licensed California real estate agent working for a time alongside his mother, Leanne. His enthusiasm for adventure, along with his kindness towards everyone he met, made an impression on every life he touched.
It's time we passed that kindness full circle back to Kelly, the love of his life.
Please donate today, if you can.
Thank you. Your kindness and generosity is deeply appreciated, more than you could ever know.
On top of the grief she has to endure, and all the restrictions and challenges in the California COVID-19 environment, she faces monumental medical bills related to Jim's care before he left us. This fund is to try to set up 6 months of her living expenses so she doesn't have to worry about the basic necessities - rent, utilities, cooking, LIVING - and can concentrate on picking up the pieces.
Please donate what you can. No amount is too small. This GoFundMe is being administrated by Theresa Grant and Cyd Shelby, and all proceeds are going solely to Kelly.
Here is what Kelly shared with us all today via Facebook.
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"Many years ago I met the most amazing man. We were both members of a group on usenet dedicated to Renaissance Faires.
We first "met" at a gathering called a Stitch N Bitch at a friends home. We never actually spoke at that gathering, though we slept in the living room, head to toe along with the other attendees, many of whom have been dear friends throughout our life together. We were to meet many times that faire season, especially over the course of Invasion weekend, when many members of the group flew in to enjoy the faire as a group. Jim organized many events for the group that weekend, and the members of AFR who attended added even more lifelong friends to our list. The final event of the weekend was to be a group trip to Disneyland. He asked me to join him that day, but a tow truck intervened and I was unable to meet him there.
We met again at an end of faire party at another friends home, shortly after my birthday. He brought me a birthday card, a gift card, and we were basically inseparable. That evening (except for when the damn chair we were sitting in collapsed) and from then on.
Jim filled my life from then on with love and light. He was a true romantic and he told me daily that I was beautiful. He never convinced me, but I know he meant it every time. He supported my love of photography. Pushed me to go outside of my comfort zones. He filled my life with wine and beer tastings, travel amazing friends and a HUGE family. He supported me in all my most difficult moments. He would do silly things just to make me smile and had more love to give than anyone else I've ever known. We shared magic, music, and laughter. He was my person.
He rarely met anyone who was not his friend by the end of the meeting. And he would do anything he possibly could for a friend in need.
He loved all of his many family members with his whole heart, from his Mother, Father, and brothers to the many many cousins, nieces, nephews and just as many friends who became family to him.
He had many challenges in life, and strove to overcome them, never letting his struggles change his kind and loving nature.
I took him to the hospital on June 1st. He was never well enough to come back home. For the last 5 1/2 months, I was unable to hug or kiss my husband or even hold his hand skin to skin as visiting was only allowed with full PPE gear. For too much of his stay in the hospital I wasn't allowed to visit him at all. The last time I saw him was Wednesday the 16th. It was an exception to the latest no visiting order. I held his hand one last time Sunday afternoon, without the gloves.
On Sunday, 12/20/20, at 3:36 p.m. we lost this incredible loving man to his months long illness. He was gone before we arrived at the LTAC.
The world is a darker place without his light, and I will miss him every day of the rest of my life.
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Along with Kelly's post, we would add that Jim was an avid Ingress and PokemonGo player, beer enthusiast, and licensed California real estate agent working for a time alongside his mother, Leanne. His enthusiasm for adventure, along with his kindness towards everyone he met, made an impression on every life he touched.
It's time we passed that kindness full circle back to Kelly, the love of his life.
Please donate today, if you can.
Thank you. Your kindness and generosity is deeply appreciated, more than you could ever know.
Fundraising team (2)
Theresa Grant
Organizer
Lake Arrowhead, CA
Kelly Noble
Beneficiary
Cyd Shelby
Team member