Living with a disease you tend to be more aware of the others in similar shoes if not more uncomfortable ones. These things will make anyone stop and think about who they are and where they are in life.
I have been reading your blog since my friend's granddaughter, Gracie Gledhill, struggled to maintain her short life. I was also at Gracie's funeral and heard you play. You have such feeling and poignance in your playing! My daughter Natalie was the backup pianist at Gracie's funeral if you had received your heart transplant during the funeral. Natalie gave me the book of your music that contained the song you played at the funeral. I have been playing one piece in particular in the book over and over. I love it! It is "I Feel My Savior's Love". I love your arrangement. You are truly a gifted musical artist and also such a caring and sensitive man. You inspire me and give me perspective on life and its problems. I hope that you soon get your heart and can join in all of life's quests, including active parenthood with your sweet daughter. Marilyn Moore
what a touching story, and I'm sure hits home with you. Praying Kori, and you, and everyone else waiting can get the heart they so desperately need. Hugs from me and Jax
Paul, You keep amazing me with your amazing-ness. (If that isn't a word, I just made it up.) You truly amaze me. You think of others when in the midst of your own trials. Thanks for the inspiration you give me daily as I follow your blog. Grandma Ann (Alex Stewart-HLHS-Transplant 2008)
Paul We all have our own sort of suffering, be it with health (such as yourself) family, addictions what ever the trial. But what keeps us going, is the sharing of what we gain in continuing to struggle on, our thoughts, our fears, our disappointments. When we share these with other people (just like our testimonies) then we are not only blessed with strength,courage, and maybe even time but we have reached out and help and blessed other people's lives with the same blessings. Your blog has touched my life, in a time when I needed it most! Ive found the strength I needed to go on! And as we struggle togeather, along with thousands of others, and we share these emotions, and even our prayers, the strength grows. And we are all blessed in one way or another. My heart and prayers are with you and your family! I will continue to pray for you and all the others who struggle to make sense out of it all. Thank goodness for the times we live in, where we can share these things with thousands of others, who like ourselves, just need help and prayers. Your awesome! Someone very special to our savior, I am a believer! God be with you.
An amazing story. Thanks for sharing it! Hope everything is going well with you. I still pray for you every day. This is funny scripture my cousin found for me when I was going through chemo and lost my hair: Leviticus 13:40
I have been reading your blog since my friend's granddaughter, Gracie Gledhill, struggled to maintain her short life. I was also at Gracie's funeral and heard you play. You have such feeling and poignance in your playing!
ReplyDeleteMy daughter Natalie was the backup pianist at Gracie's funeral if you had received your heart transplant during the funeral.
Natalie gave me the book of your music that contained the song you played at the funeral. I have been playing one piece in particular in the book over and over. I love it! It is "I Feel My Savior's Love". I love your arrangement.
You are truly a gifted musical artist and also such a caring and sensitive man. You inspire me and give me perspective on life and its problems.
I hope that you soon get your heart and can join in all of life's quests, including active parenthood with your sweet daughter.
Marilyn Moore
what a touching story, and I'm sure hits home with you. Praying Kori, and you, and everyone else waiting can get the heart they so desperately need. Hugs from me and Jax
ReplyDeleteIncredible. The suffering... the faith... the hope. Thank you for sharing this.
ReplyDeletePaul,
ReplyDeleteYou keep amazing me with your amazing-ness. (If that isn't a word, I just made it up.) You truly amaze me. You think of others when in the midst of your own trials.
Thanks for the inspiration you give me daily as I follow your blog.
Grandma Ann
(Alex Stewart-HLHS-Transplant 2008)
Paul
ReplyDeleteWe all have our own sort of suffering, be it with health (such as yourself) family, addictions what ever the trial. But what keeps us going, is the sharing of what we gain in continuing to struggle on, our thoughts, our fears, our disappointments. When we share these with other people (just like our testimonies) then we are not only blessed with strength,courage, and maybe even time but we have reached out and help and blessed other people's lives with the same blessings. Your blog has touched my life, in a time when I needed it most! Ive found the strength I needed to go on! And as we struggle togeather, along with thousands of others, and we share these emotions, and even our prayers, the strength grows. And we are all blessed in one way or another. My heart and prayers are with you and your family! I will continue to pray for you and all the others who struggle to make sense out of it all. Thank goodness for the times we live in, where we can share these things with thousands of others, who like ourselves, just need help and prayers. Your awesome! Someone very special to our savior, I am a believer! God be with you.
An amazing story. Thanks for sharing it! Hope everything is going well with you. I still pray for you every day.
ReplyDeleteThis is funny scripture my cousin found for me when I was going through chemo and lost my hair:
Leviticus 13:40