“Life Is Uncertain”

From Georgianne:

I am sending this to a few friends just because it is a great story.

Those of you who know me well know that I don’t really believe in a benevolent god or even a sense that there is a balance of good and bad in the universe that puts things right or helps us make sense of insanity. I have gone 'round the world and god is nowhere to be found.

“Life is uncertain”

But, every now and then just being alive and in the right place at the right time makes sense.

Where do I begin?

My good friend’s daughter has been waiting for a heart transplant for three years. I have known the family since the children were babies. They are my soul family. One of the kids came down to Florida to watch my dog while I went to Folk Alliance. Of course, the insanity is that as soon as I am unavailable and the youngest daughter is out-of-town, a fatal accident occurs in Chicago, the heart is alive and beating, and the match we are waiting for is rushed to the transplant center in Minneapolis. I am in the air and out of comms, Carla is alone in Florida…you get the picture. Carla had been afraid to leave Minneapolis for the last three years for obvious reasons, but she came down to Florida to watch my dog...

The good news is that I get back to Florida just as Sunny is being prepped for surgery and we are all in touch, and in the emotion of the horrible moments of waiting, Carla (whom I have known since she was 4) tells me that she cried for a year after I got married, because she really believed I would end up lost to the family forever. Of course that never happened, but kids worry, and here we are 30 years later going through the most intense experience ever.

We are still waiting and Sunny is not out of the woods, but we are all together, even though some distance is separating us right now. Carla has decided to stay with me for a few days until Sunny wakes up. She feels too fragile to travel.

But the circle is even wider.

My daughter had suggested I go see a singer at the folk conference that she “knew I would love.” So, I go hear this singer, and my daughter was correct. It is music that is not self-centered, but life affirming and loving in every sense of the word. It is “god-like.”

This singer reaches out to me as I am leaving, stops me, and says she is “moved somehow” to give me her CD. I do not know this person, but a connection is made. I explain about my daughter and she knows her because of the music business.

It gets better.

While Carla and I were waiting for news about Sunny’s new heart, we play the CD.

Here you go:

“Before You Leave”

by Ellis:

“Every star at night is a beating heart
That someday will fall
Young and old they are bright
And make a grand exit

I know life is uncertain
Nothing’s turned out like we planned
I want to do something
Maybe just hold your hand

I know life is uncertain
Things don't turn out like we planned
And I want to do something
I'm not sure if I can"


Sometimes life makes sense and we all meet up in the right place and at the right time.

GN

UPDATE: we are still waiting but heard sunny opened her eyes and smiled and she is PINK now!!!

Thanks be to God! Please pray for Sunny and her family and friends.

UPDATE 2, from GN in the comments:

Thank you all so much. Update is that Sunny is on "slow recovery," but all OK so far.

I looked on Ellis' site and here are lyrics..turns out she is giving song away because it was written for friend of hers who died of cancer...I did not know this. ~GN