我徵得Janey的首肯,把她寫的這個故事貼在這裡,跟大家分享。大衛當初說他一定要出來唱歌,因為他信的主要他這麼做,結果他的音樂救了我(還有世上不知道多少人),然後他又說他一定要發聖誕專輯,結果他的聖誕音樂讓一位癌症病人寧靜的走完一生,他真的是天使。
A week ago last Friday I lost a very dear friend to cancer. We met at
work over 10 years ago and when her breast cancer metastasized 3 years
ago to other parts of her body she left work.
We stayed in touch
and she often would ask me about David. Some of you may even remember a
month ago I wrote a little piece of how, after listening to David’s
speech at the Women’s Conference he inspired me to go see her. I had
never visited a dying friend before but after hearing David talk about
visiting the widows in his neighborhood and how reaching out even if
it’s just a smile can make someone’s day I decided to overcome my fears
and to go see her. I called her up and the first thing she asked was if
David’s CD had come out…luckily I had one on my desk.
I went to see her and placed Christmas From the Heart in her hand. We talked and laughed and cried and then I left.
A
few days after that, I got a call from her son. He told me that his mom
had been asleep, woken up and asked to hear the CD. He told me she
wanted to thank me and he wanted me to know to know that it was THE PERFECT GIFT.
He said it with such sincerity that tears immediately came to my eyes
and I was so grateful to David for encouraging me to go see her.
This
morning I went to her funeral. It was a lovely Catholic ceremony with a
church full of her friends and family. Towards the end of the ceremony
her son got up to speak. He talked about his mom, how gracious and
classy she was. He said something that I had never known; he told us
that she loved Christmas music and that she listened to it year round.
You can imagine how happy I was to hear that.
He went on and
talked about a family trip they had taken as kids….listening to a CD
half way across the country from California to Kansas. A few minutes
later he talked about what happened last Monday.
He said he and
his sister were talking while my friend was asleep, deeply asleep. They
were talking about the CD they had listened to on their half way across
the country trip. My friend awoke, asked her son to look in the drawer
and to put the CD on. He told the congregation it was a CD her friend
janey from work had given her. He put the CD on and she asked him to
turn it up.
David’s voice filled the house.
Her son
noticed a single tear on his mom’s face. He told us that a wonderful
peace filled the room; he said it was a moment he and his sister would
never forget.
he said….the moment….was truly …. MAGICAL.
After
the services I went up and introduced myself to my friend’s son. We
talked a bit and I asked him, “what was the CD you were listening to on
the way to Kansas?”
his reply...Olivia Newton John!
I told
him where David was this afternoon, how he was with Olivia and how he
was performing at an event celebrating survivors of women’s cancers. He
was blown away and could barely believe it. He asked me to tell his
sister.
I know what they’ll be watching on Thanksgiving day.
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