Tag Archives: be a donor

Trim for Jim: The Story

Posted on January 10, 2022 by jimshearts

Jack was only 15 years’ old when Jim first began his journey on the heart transplant list. At the time, the connection was boys’ minor hockey, where Jack played with Jim and Marah’s son Brett. As far as hockey communities … Continue reading →

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Come Together – Right Now

Posted on July 19, 2021 by jimshearts

We can’t get the Beatles song Come Together out of our heads. It’s probably not super-appropriate, but it’s what we need to do for our friend Jim and his family. You need to sign up to be an organ donor … Continue reading →

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Jim’s Heart

Posted on September 20, 2019 by jimshearts

The saying that a father holds his daughter’s hand for a short while, but she holds his heart forever might have been written for Jim and his beautiful daughter Ellis. Their bond is strong and the brass ring of walking … Continue reading →

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#NOTDAW

Posted on April 25, 2019 by jimshearts

This week is National Organ and Tissue Donation Awareness Week. #NOTDAW  There is so much going on in this space right now including Canadian Blood Services ramping up to be a national voice of change and the Canadian Donation and … Continue reading →

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Discouraged

Posted on November 22, 2017 by jimshearts

We were full of vim and vigor this summer. Yup, we were going to kick some proverbial butt and have some serious impact on the organ donation conundrum in Canada. But we didn’t. We’ll admit that we became a little … Continue reading →

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Blessings on Your Silver Anniversary

Posted on May 23, 2017 by jimshearts

Three years ago we shared a message from Marah that was filled with desperation. Jim was very, very sick and a new heart seemed almost impossible. The message, on their 22nd wedding anniversary, went on to circle the world with … Continue reading →

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A Life Well Lived

Posted on April 5, 2017 by jimshearts

We said good-bye to one of the loveliest men we’ve had the honour to know this week. Mr. Peter Karson passed away too soon at the age of 71, after a lengthy illness. His (very brave) daughter spoke at his … Continue reading →

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A Gift of Love

Posted on February 13, 2017 by jimshearts

A few years ago (!) we posted about National Donor Day (US) being shared with Valentine’s Day. We thought it was pretty awesome then, and still think so! The gift of life that a donor gives to someone waiting for … Continue reading →

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Just a Ripple

Posted on October 26, 2016 by jimshearts

“Drop a pebble in the water: just a splash, and it is gone; But there’s half-a-hundred ripples circling on and on and on…” (James W. Foley) This poem, though written in 1911, could really have been written about Jim and … Continue reading →

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Two Years – We’re Still In This

Posted on May 20, 2016 by jimshearts

We’re not sure what we thought would happen when we started this blog two years ago. What did happen though, is that we’ve reached 68,000 people to spread the word about organ donation, written over 100 blog posts, met a … Continue reading →

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