Well, sniff, yeah, this ain't a real fun topic but one that I sadly casn relate to... As many of you know from my past postings I lost my late waif, Judy, to breast cancer 11 years ago... She had "inflamatory breast cancer" so she had a basic understanding that she probably wouldn't make the 5 years survivors list...But she also knew that every day that she was with us was one more day of being a cancer survivor...

Now I'm not sure this will help, WYSusie, but one night I was out behind the veggie garden playing my guitar so as not impose on her sleeping time... Well, she woke up and found me there and sat down next to me and she started talkling about her childhood and next thing you know I was turning her stories into verse and those verses were being turned into a song...

In less than a half an hour the two of us had put together a pretty good song which we entitled "Youngstown Night" which we recorded on my reel to reel that very night... Well, what happened from there is pure magic and proof positive that God does indeed work in mysterious ways... "Youngstown Night" became her "Project" as she/we went about pu8tting together a night littler cassette package with 5 minute casettes (never knew they existed), cover art, etc... Over the next several weeks she/we made over 100 copies that were sent out to her relatives and our friends...

The "Project" was very meaningful for her and I know was just the kind of blessing that she so very needed... She died about 4 months after that wonderous night when "Younstown Night" was born but to this very day I am truely thankfull for "Youngstown Night" because it providing some level of meaning and accomplishment in Judy's last few months...

I'm not sure this helps but I would think this lady would love to have something like a "Project" in her ***life*** and seeing as that she is a musican, what better a project???

Hope this helps...

Bobert

p.s. BTW, if anyone would like the words to "Youngstown Night", PM and I'll mail you a copy of the cassette cover... Sorry, the cassettes are all gone and I haven't yet gotten my recording gear set up but anyone wanting a copy of the recorded song itself might have to wait awile...