Laura’s Mom told me that she wanted to hear more about Annie’s Donate Life Float ride, and I think I told her that I would do that today. I guess I lied about that… (Sorry Mom!) And there was a fun little thing I wanted to post about being at Jenn’s wedding, but I’m holding off on that too… I will touch on both of those topics shortly…
I got a note from a chick I adore, with a link to a video. It’s a beautiful, little music video of her song, “Pass it on.” The chick I adore works with a couple of other people I adore and they make up a band named Sons of the Never Wrong. Whether Laura and I are groupies or stalkers – I guess it’s a matter of perspective. Anyhoo – I posted about her song last April. It’s a song about so many things, but in my heart, it’s about one thing…
A long time ago, while she was writing this song – I got a precious little note from her asking me if I was aware that I inspire art… I guess I am now… In a verse in this song, she touches on a few people who are special to me, even though they’re not around anymore – but really, they’ll always be all around some of us…
She sings of a didgeridoo. That’s about a beautiful girl named Lizzy who had cystic fibrosis like me, and she was not on this planet nearly long enough. But, she did have two beautiful, new lungs for almost five years. As can happen to any of us recipients, at any time, after about four years with her new lungs, she went into rejection – she passed away while waiting for another transplant. I miss her. She’s one of the people I think about when I try to convince others to consider organ donation… Back in May 2007, I posted about Lizzy…
She also sings of whispers. I think she may have been influenced by a post I wrote back in May 2008, about a bike ride, which was titled Whispers… In her song, “Whisper” is about Kari, and about my life breathing with her beautiful lungs that she passed on to me… Her little music video is extra special to me, because I have a little part in it!!! Yup – that’s me holding a picture of Kari at around the 2:25 mark – and me writin’ on the sidewalk at 3:37… And the chick I adore who I keep referring to as "she", is Deborah Lader of the Sons of the Never Wrong. If you have trouble with the video below – here is a link to the Vimeo video, “Pass it on.”
Pass It On from Deborah Lader on Vimeo.
“Pass it on” can mean so many things – but to me, it’s about the gifts one gives when they agree to organ donation… Please – check out the Son’s video… And,
Pass it on… When you’re through.
