I’m speechless. Thank you for sharing your story with me. It humbles me and gives me hope that this project will bless so many in your situation.

God bless you.

John

The next 4 months were spent making twice weekly trips to a high risk maternal/fetal medicine OB. I was lucky to be blessed with 2 wonderful Doctors that believed in God and who knew the power of prayer could produce a miracle. I stayed positive and knew that in the end God would take care of my Son. My prayers were that my Grayson Samuel would live and be able to have a quality life.

Each day my due date grew closer and I knew my time with my Son was nearing an end- Call it a Mother’s intuition if you will. Soon I was told I could not continue on with my pregnancy due to me being at high risk for a stroke. So I was set up for a C Section for a week later, May 21st, 2010.

On May 20th the night before Grayson’s birth I sat in his room and told him all about Heaven and who all he would meet there. I tried my best to explain to him that Heaven was a wonderful place- Full of puppies, creeks, and beautiful Angels that would sing to him. The whole time I was talking to him he kicked- Mind you I was lucky to feel 2 kicks a day because of the sleep pattern he had fell into. I believe it was his way of telling me he would be ok.

May 21st, 2010 at 9:09am my beautiful Grayson was welcomed into the world and much to everyone’s surprise he was alive and even looking around and “baby talking”. The next 16 hours with him were spent trying to give him a lifetime of love- What a life, to only know love. At 1:22 am May 22nd my sweet Angel grew his wings and began his journey Home to be with God. I will always be thankful for the time I had with him and am grateful for the honor of being his Mama.

Needless to say this past year has been a year of struggle and heartache as I try to go on with my life the best I can. I find comfort in very few things- But to commemorate Grayson’s 1st Birthday I was given your CD and what a comfort it has been in my life! I start my day off my turning it on as I’m eating breakfast and often times fall asleep listening to it! I can never thank you enough for making this CD because it has truly changed my life!

Much Thanks,
Amber Elkins- Knoxville, TN

Over the last year I’ve interviewed 10 families having lost a baby. After the interview I would go to the piano with my notes and begin to focus on one or two ideas or emotions that the family brought special attention to in the interview. I finally finished composing the last piece in December and I’m about to head to the studio at the end of this month.

Right now I’m focused on these ten families. I wish I could offer this service for free to everyone, but you can imagine the volume of demand would be overwhelming. Each song takes many hours to compose, polish, and produce, which is time away from my family. I’m going to have to go back to charging after this CD is released. I hope you understand.

To help cover the thousands of dollars that this CD costs to produce, I decided to have this fundraiser that ends next week. Without the money, I will either have to delay the CD release or skimp on quality, and I’m not thrilled about either. If I don’t raise the full $2,000 by due date, all of the pledges will be cancelled. Just the way Kickstarter works. So I’d really appreciate any help you can to get out the word.

http://nowisleepproject.org

I’m giving my piano tribute service as a reward on the fundraiser at the $500 level (essentially a $140 savings) if you are interested. Perhaps you could pool together with friends to do a joint pledge and get that piano tribute as a reward for someone special. Just an idea.

Regardless of what you do, thank you so much for your encouraging words. They mean so much to me.

John

This sounds like a wonderful idea and endeavor!

I have a few questions. How exactly is this going to work. Have you already talked to the 10 familes and have your 10 stories for your 10 songs? Are you still looking for stories? If so, how would someone submit a story, and / or how would you find people to provide you with the stories.

Again, what an incredible idea, and what an incredible gift of healing this could be for someone.

Thanks,
Cindy