For those of you who have visited the site, you may have read about and/or listened to the original song I wrote some years ago for the American Cancer Society – “Hearts of Gold”. I have performed it at several American Cancer Society, Relay for Life events. The song opens the event as Cancer Survivors walk the first lap and closes the event as Cancer Survivors walk the final lap. It was written as a tribute to Cancer Survivors, those who lost their battle to Cancer and all the care givers that help along the way.
Now the song has taken on a whole new meaning for me personally. In December my Mom was diagnosed with Breast Cancer. She is currently undergoing Chemotherapy and will follow that up with Radiation Therapy. On April 30th, I will open the Brunswick County, North Carolina Relay for Life event singing “Hearts of Gold” as Cancer Survivors walk the first lap. Only this time while I am singing, a very special Cancer Survivor will be walking that first lap….my Mom. It never occurred to me when I wrote the song that someday I might be singing it to one of my parents but that day is here. That is what has always fascinated me about songwriting. A song can be inspired by one event in your life and take on a whole new meaning with another event.
