Cancer Benefit ( Archived) (9)

As some of you know, I attended a cancer benefit for a dear friend of mine today. Her name is Linda Johnson. Her husband Mike is the man I bought my DJ business and all my equipment from. We became like brothers, and I am very close to both of them. Linda could not be there as she is very close to passing. She is barely able to sit up even with assistance. They had a DJ at the benefit but somehow, fittingly, I ended up DJ'ing throughout the night. It was a huge success, and we raised well over $7000 for the family. At One point they handed me the telephone. Puzzled I answered it. It was Linda. She requested that I sing a song for her. I don't normally sing a song sung by a female, but this was her favorite. There was not a dry eye in the place including mine, but I maintained composure and was able to finish the song. And I guess it was pretty good from the compliments I had gotten. I put my heart and soul into that song like I never had before. To all of you with someone with cancer in your lives, my prayers are with you. I lost my GF to cancer in 2000. The song I sang was How do I live by LeAnn Rimes

How do I
Get through the night without you?
If I had to live without you,
What kind of life would that be?
Oh, I
I need you in my arms, need you to hold,
You’re my world, my heart, my soul,
If you ever leave,
Baby you would take away everything good in my life,

And tell me now
How do I live without you?
I want to know,
How do I breathe without you?
If you ever go,
How do I ever, ever survive?
How do I, how do I, oh how do I live?

Without you,
There’d be no sun in my sky,
There would be no love in my life,
There’d be no world left for me.
And I,
Baby I don’t know what I would do,
I’d be lost if I lost you,
If you ever leave,
Baby you would take away everything real in my life,

And tell me now,
How do I live without you?
I want to know,
How do I breathe without you?
If you ever go,
How do I ever, ever survive?
How do I, how do I, oh how do I live?

Please tell me baby,
How do I go on?

If you ever leave,
Baby you would take away everything,
I need you with me,
Baby don’t you know that you’re everything,
Real in my life?

And tell me now,
How do I live without you,
I want to know,
How do I breathe without you?
If you ever go,
How do I ever, ever survive?
How do I, how do I, oh how do I live?

How do I live without you?
How do I live without you baby?

Kevin

Kevin, that is a very touching song and a very touching thing you have been through. The loss of someone who is close to you in your life can be traumatic. At the nursing home I work at we lose some due to different reasons. You have made an affect on her quality of life. When one loses someone to death the support of others can be beneficial. I can smell the cancer in the rooms with cancer residents. You have made her passing a little more endurable.

Roy

You know...its quite sad that these tragedys keep taking place seeing as how researchers have isolated the genetic sequence that causes cancer cells to develope....But the treatment is relativly unknown and has a priviliged air about it seeing as it's cost is astronomical.
It's a indeed a travisty but such is our economic system.

Are you still going for the registered nurse training, Luma?

Indeed Slider....all the way and loving it!

I actually started in Oct...now in medical terminology, psychology, and med math....stuff like proportions and conversions.
I have to keep at least a 3.7 gpa to continue training
hehehe naw...it's really not that difficult.

I am at a loss for words. But that was very touching and thoughtful of you to sing for her and do all that you did for her and her family.

Having a mom who is sick with cancer myself. I know how it feels to sit and watch someone we love and care about go through a lot of pain and suffering.

Great big to you!

Kevin...

I think what you did was a very loving and compassionate thing, and I know it must have broken your heart to do it.

I lost a dear friend of mine back in March to cancer, and it certainly tears you apart when all you can do is sit back and watch someone you love just "fade slowly away", and in constant pain.

I also love that song, and how in the world you were able to get the whole way through singing it, only God knows.

You and your friends are in my prayers. Thank you for being an inspiration, doing what some of us would not be able to do.

Take care and may God be with you all.


Rose.