Sweet Georgia Brown and Aline

Two peas in a pod. Georgia invited me to sit in with her and her band at BB Kings. I am so grateful for her. She inspires me so much. I am so grateful to have sung at BB Kings. It was a packed room. The crowd was warm. Georgia also invited two of her other friends. Each spicy in their own way. It was wonderful to watch them. So, full of life. I felt like I was in the Color Purple ( The Juke Joint). You can't get better than that.I used to sing this song when I was younger in Los Angeles. I think Georgia and I make it each other feel this way. :) Sister

Whether you know it or not. Someone is watching you. They sure are. You can make them hold their head up high if they are feeling down. You have so much power.

The day is approaching

The day of my aunt's memorial is approaching. I feel mostly angry at the thought that she is no longer in my life. She was a special person and woman. I will sing at her memorial and hopefully not cry during the song. I am angry because, I truly feel her death could have been avoided. She went to doctors over and over again and they told her that her issues were caused by crohns. She was suddenly diagnosed with Stage IV cancer and given 3 months to live. She had fought with crohns for so long that I guess the wind had been taken out of her sails.I sat in her hospital room when her attending physician told her that the type of cancer she had was very,very bad and she only recommended hospice care. It made me so angry and still does. No one ever requested or gave her a biopsy in all the doctor visits she had had over the years. Had they done this a long,long time ago, they would have seen that she had cancer.She could have been treated and had her life extended. If you want to live, it is important that you be really informed and not take what doctors tell you always at face value. Sometimes you have to research on your own to know what questions to ask, because you may have a much shorter life if you trust in some people wholeheartedly. The world feels empty without her here. I wish I was with her,but know there are things I still need to do in this life like perform more and more original music. Why do the good always get taken away? It makes me so angry and sad. I am grateful that my mother is still alive. I have my brother and sister and my boyfriend.

Friends from Memory ( Inspired by Derek Sivers)

Mom
Thomas Gruen
Maria
Mrs. Head
Ms. Jackson
Jenny Mantle
Jennifer Dorwachter
Darolyn Nelson
Chelsea White
Scott Zimmerman
Erik Youngblood
Melenna
Michael Garcia
Beth
Mrs Centanni
Richard Peck
Colleen Peck
Matt Thornton
John Peck
Madonna Young
Leroy Ball
Lorca Hart
Maria G.
Jair-Rohm Parker Wells
Chuck Anthony
Stevie Klasson
Bengt Kirshchon
Master Henry Gibson
The Lindows
Ms. Lindman- Skepparsgatan
Sidiki Ouattara
Mary Prince
Alan Burroughs
Daniel Sadownick
Ray B.
Alex
DB
Nollan
Todd Lammle
Jim Satten
Sweet Georgia Brown
Warren Grant
Stew Cutler