Very Moving

So was up late last night and John Edwards was on TV, the medium that helps families with their departed loved ones and losses. A very uplifting guy. Regardless of whether you believe this stuff or not, (I'm not particularly a proponent) this is a very moving story. A husband who had lost a 4 year old son 12 years earlier (but you don't know that he was 4 or that it was 12 years ago at the time). In the middle of the reading John asks if his wife is there and he said, "No, she had to work but she wanted to come. She insisted I come without her." John asks him to get her on the phone so she can be "included" in the reading. When she gets on the phone he said, "I understand you wanted to be here today but you couldn't". She said, "Yes, but I didn't need to be. I'm OK. But I wanted my husband to go." They finish up the reading and Edwards says, "I believe there is nothing more difficult than the loss of a child. But your energy is so at peace, I just have to ask you, if you don't mind, how did you get there? How are you where you are now?" At first she says she doesn't know, but then she says, "Well, I believe (and as she says this, her husband is mouthing it as if she says it to him daily!) 'Always blessings. Never losses.' I feel very blessed to have had my son in my life for 4 years, to have known him." That's when you learn that he was only 4 years old. Edwards also communicates to the Dad that there were no mistakes in his care that caused his death. Evidently the father had been believing for 12 years the hospital killed him. Anyway, when she said, "Always blessings. Never losses." Edwards is speechless and appears to be very moved. He actually turns away from the camera and catches his breath. The audience is blubbering. (I'm blubbering!) Sometimes he goes and meets a family after a reading in their home to bring and "end to the story" for the viewers, which he did in this case. The husband...I didn't recognize him from the show at first. It was unbelievable how different he looked from when he was read on the show to when Edwards visited him and his wife. Edwards asked the wife why she wanted the husband to go and she said, "Because I didn't want him to spend the rest of his life so angry. Its been 12 years." That's when you learn that it had been such a long time ago. So Edwards is very moved and talks about how what she said has touched so many lives and that it was the most profound experience he had had in his 25 years of doing this. The husband confirms that the audience was all crying and talked about how so many people came up to him after the show crying and telling him how moved they were by his wife's words. The husband said, "the reading and the confirmation, changed my life dramatically." Ok, so now Edwards says, I have a dear friend in Nashville who is a recording artist and has a beautiful voice. I sent her your reading and asked her, if she were inspired to write a song about it. She wrote "Always Blessings Never Losses" Its absolutely lovely and it was beautifully received by the parents. www.cindycampo.com http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wCVxrCETnc0 (for a live performance) My younger sister has never gotten over the death of our father in 1971 and subsequently our mother (to cancer) in 2001. Her life is just one big mess. I try from time to time to help her move past it but you wouldn't think we lost the same parents if you met us. Its painful. So I called her this morning as she connects with these sorts of stories. She was very moved. I then found the song online and played it on my computer over the telephone. When I got back on the phone she was crying. She said she had had a dream last night along these lines. She thanked me so much for sharing it with her. I don't know if it will help her to move on with her life, but I keep trying. Best, Lori