Perhaps you have been a recipient of the forwarded email about Freedom and Jeff – the one about the bruised and busted-up eagle, Freedom, and the guy with cancer, Jeff, who nursed the eagle back to health. Because so many of these “sounds too good to be true” forwarded emails come along, we try to verify them before re-casting them.

Turns out after checking with snopes.com, the story about Freedom and Jeff is a true story.

“Freedom is alive because Jeff fought for her life, and there is no doubt that Freedom sensed his love and commitment. Jeff gave Freedom the support she needed to want to live.

“When Jeff was later diagnosed with a serious illness requiring chemotherapy, he found himself turning to Freedom for support. Two or three times a week, whenever he felt well enough, he would drive from Bothell to Arlington to walk with Freedom around the grounds. Now it was Freedom’s turn to give Jeff a reason to fight for his life.

“Only a short time ago Jeff was informed there was no trace of the disease left in his body. He immediately left for the Center.

“When he took Freedom out of her flight, she did something she had never done before: She extended her wings and wrapped them around him.

“The circle of healing was now complete.”

So, here’s the email we received repackaged into a .pdf format: Freedom and Jeff.It is inspiring and it is worth passing along.

Here’s Jeff Guidry’s story, “The Circle of Life,” about how Freedom ,the eagle, helped save him when he had cancer.