Founder of The Caring Friends Center in Dallas said: Kitty is one of the original volunteers and we keep her book available. “ULTIMATE LOVE: A Life of Soul & Searching” is both interesting and educational. An exceptionally good way to inform people in an understandable way’. Kitty’s concern is not only for the individual with HIV/AIDS, but for everyone. For HIV/AIDS Awareness Kitty’s inspiration with the book is a great asset to all cultures. 4/01
Kitty Caley is one of the original people to be a volunteer with the Caring Friends Center which opened its doors two- and-one-half years ago. Prior to that I knew Kitty years before when I was Director of the AIDS Memorial Quilt. She was also a volunteer then on the Buddy Team, helping patients with HIV/AIDS, and the Quilt Project.
Caring Friends helps Women and men with Breast Cancer and men, women and children with HIV/AIDS. She is always at caring friends once a week every week to greet the clients with her pleasant smiling face and to talk with them about their concerns or whatever need there may be; at times just a hug letting them know someone cares.
• Kitty often gets personally involved in helping with other’s needs. The same as she does at the Center and its various events to help bring in needed supplies and donations, she always makes her time available.
Just last week Kitty was shown on the news (volunteer month) in an interview with Clarice Tinsley’s, CBS News Channel 11 Dallas, that had been on television last Christmas Fox News Channel 4 with Kitty wearing a Santa Claus Hat; she was Ms. Santa Claus at Caring Friends. September 29, 2000 AIDS Awareness Week Kitty was interviewed with Heather about AIDS while pictures in her book were shown for the Irving Review on ICTN ‘IV Irving, Texas.
Kitty has written a book about her son she lost to AIDS back in the mid-eighties. “Ultimate Love: A Life of Soul& Searching”, and we keep this book at Caring Friends. This is a very educational book and it is an exceptionally good way to reach people in all areas of life. To know what AIDS is all about. Kitty’s concern is not only the individual with Breast Cancer or HIV/AIDS. But for everyone. To know Kitty is to know she cares and her main concern is to be able to inform others in an understandable way, and help whenever and
wherever she is needed. To help with HIV/ AIDS Awareness.
Communication and helping those in need is what the Caring Friends Center is all about and Kitty’s inspiration with the book and her thoughtful caring self are a great asset to all she comes in contact with. Since the loss of
her son she is concerned for everyone when it comes to the HIV/AIDS Virus.
Sincerely,
Jerry Lynn
I have just finished the novel “Ultimate Love” by Kitty Caley, and wanted to share my thoughts on it. You’re probably aware that it chronicles the life of Kitty’s son, Brandon “Chip” Williamson, as seen through her eyes; with most of the focus being on their individual feelings and their relationship as they fought their way through the unknown aspects of the condition that eventually took his life too early. Despite many agonizing frustrations stemming from Chip’s condition and its symptoms, the underlying theme is the unconditional love between mother and son, as well as the love shown by Kitty’s husband and Chip’s many friends. Unfortunately it also highlights that, in addition to the medical issue, there were also man-made problems to be addressed that resulted from the close mindedness of various professionals in positions of authority, and even from Chip’s biological father. The Constructive approach taken by Kitty and Chip in addressing these challenges, and overcoming most of the man-made ones, is truly inspiring.
One aspect of the construction of the book is especially noteworthy. I was initially surprised by the high level of detail of the book, and my first reaction was that this was drawback. As I continued, however, I saw that this actually helped me feel the frustration that Kitty and Chip were feeling in personal terms , which made me appreciate the positive milestones of their struggle all the more. I can wholeheartedly recommend this book to anyone interested in the positive aspects of people coping with a deadly condition in its early days before successful treatment protocols are established, or to anyone who can appreciate how love can make the best of a bad set of circumstances.
“A Mother’s Love, A Mother’s Loss…” book by Kitty Caley
Sometimes life throws you curves and you have to handle them with the best you can. No one stands around with a manual and tells you how to handle things. Some of those curves are like a pioneering experience, maybe now many people have traveled this path before. You might be one of the first. Kitty Caley’s book is such an example. She dearly loved her son Chip, and continued that love and devotion even while being hit with blindsiding experiences. Reading her book can give your ideas of what it is like to handle experiences that few had up until that time.
Her book reveals all of the problems she and her son endured while living through an early AIDS experience. Chip died of AIDS when he was only 27, yet he lives on through his mother’s memories and this book. It is comforting to believe that love lives beyond the grave and someday they will again embrace each other.
