“Cancer/Grieving: Donna Le – Southington, CT”

I wanted to tell you the story of how I became acquainted with your CD of Songs For The Inner Child and how it has affected my life:

My life as a child was a very difficult one, filled with pain and emotional upheavals. I became a young unwed mother at the tender age of 18, deserted by the father just weeks before the wedding. The years raising my daughter alone were very difficult and I battled my own insecurities all during that time, often thinking of suicide. My child was the one thread that held me to life.

In 1985 I met the man who would most influence my life, and it brought about many positive changes for me. I am certain he was sent to me from God in heaven. We married in 1990. Life went on like most normal people for the next few years. We had our routine which was for the most part uneventful yet happy. Then came 1998, a most tragic year for myself and my family.

We had already lost both our parents at young ages, both to cancer. In the summer of 1998 I lost a very beloved pet, and one week to the day as I was watching the news on television, I learned that my baby brother died in a drowning accident. Then in January of 1999 I learned I have cancer (I have been in remission since November of 1999). Then in September of 99, my only daughter delivered a beautiful baby daughter (my first granddaughter) and lost her just 4 days later. The pain of that loss was indescribable.

Since then I have read many inspirational books, I have listened to inspirational cassettes and CDs. I have tried to use guided imagery to help keep myself calm and unstressed but since I have received this wonderful CD of yours it has become my number one source of soothing when I find things becoming frightening to me, or when I feel depressed. The moment I heard the song How Could Anyone it was as if I was being touched by one of my many angels. I cried when I heard it. The CD has been a tremendous source of comfort to me. I play it every day, sometimes many times over.

I also thought that if I lose my fight with cancer, that I would like to have this CD played at my services too… and I thought of these things before I read your website. It was nice knowing others felt that way too.

Well, that’s about it. I’m sorry this is so long but I wanted you to see just how much this CD has impacted me and how grateful I am that we could find it.

Donna Le
Southington, CT