“The song was exactly the message I wanted to share; it was raw, it was loving, and it was us! Then, now, and in the future! It was healing; it was love!”
Read about Laura’s Swan Song below: My name is Laura; I’m 37. I’m a mum to my almost 9-year-old son Reiko, a partner to Kava, and a daughter to my amazing parents Linda and Mike. I’m also a niece and cousin, and I’m lucky to be half of the many...
“I could control how this song went and I could control the legacy I will leave”
Read Mari’s blog about writing her song and the legacy she will leave. My name is Mari Isdale. I’m 39 years old and unfortunately living with stage 4 bowel cancerFor which I am receiving palliative chemotherapy. Since my diagnosis I would wake up in the middle...
“Our daughter Ra-ang was here for a short while but left us with a lifetime of memories. We wanted to write a song to honour her memory”
A couple who wrote a song dedicated to their baby daughter who sadly died at just 12-weeks-old are backing a fundraiser for the charity which helped them to write their very special musical tribute. Arti and Raj Solanki wrote and recorded an original a song called...
“Words can sometimes look very stark on a page – but wrapped in beautiful music, they are a gift.”
I’ve got recurrent endometrial cancer. I had two lots of surgery – the second one led to complications and I was sent home with palliative care to ‘spend time with myfamily’. I was not expected to survive, but my husband looked after me so well that I did. I’m...