I don’t know if Melissa was right, yesterday, about Steve having LOTS to say… I think she spoke quite beautifully about the little project we were both involved in… And isn’t it nice to see a face and voice that goes with her picture in the left margin? She’s right – it is an honor to be a part of a little project like this… I think we’re both proud of the result – and proud of the people involved. Scott has helped produce several very cool videos – I was in one, and many of the people here starred in Donate Life Illinois videos of their own!
And, it’s the people in this video that add so much meaning. They look like everyday people, don’t they?!?! They are – but there is also something special about each of them that you wouldn’t know by looking at them.
One of them lost her Mom – her Mom was waiting for lungs but the lungs never came. I’d met her before, and I knew her Mom… One of them has a beautiful, new heart – you know her – she posted here yesterday… One of them lost her Dad – he needed a second liver that never came… A few of them have awesome new livers… One of them sees through another precious person’s cornea. One of them had a neighbor she grew very fond of – that neighbor became an organ donor and she witnessed the good that came of her gifts and became an outspoken supporter spreading awareness. One of them has a Mom with a new kidney… One of them has beautiful new lungs and has not shut up since he got them…
Check it out…
Scott, over at I am. Are you? posted about it yesterday, and if you’re interested, he has links to the people who played parts in this little video.
April is National Donate Life Month and this is something we all did to get that ball rolling. We’re asking, hoping, wishing that you might hop on your webcam and post us a brief video response letting us know why organ donors are important to you… If the webcam thing just kinda freaks you out (actually, it does me…)(but I might try it anyways…) then maybe just leave a comment on the YouTube video page… You can see the video in a larger, cooler format, and go to the page to leave a comment by clicking here…
