Thank You Ed!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Big Bank Hank
Big Bank Hank Seattle, WA Posts: 8,639
edited May 2016 in The Porch
Some of you may have met Jan, he was from the Netherlands, he and his girlfriend Valerie met because of the song Given To Fly, and she will be attending the Quebec City show, which has been a painful decision, so hoping for a healing moment for her. Jan was a really cool guy, he was a Pearl Jam fan from way back in the day, he showed me pictures from shows he attended going all the way back to 1992. Thinking about Valerie and the void it has left in her life, my eyes are welling up just trying to get through this, just hoping a dedication to them, might bring a little peace for them both and hopefully a beautiful moment can come from this tragedy
https://www.facebook.com/jan.bonnema.92?hc_location=ufi
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  • Ray J. T.
    Ray J. T. Posts: 4,130
    Absolutely, that would actually be very comforting to her as oppose to painful. GTF will very likely get played, but a shout out would make it timeless for Valerie. I would also throw some Light Years in there for her as well.
  • Big Bank Hank
    Big Bank Hank Seattle, WA Posts: 8,639
    RT287183 said:

    Absolutely, that would actually be very comforting to her as oppose to painful. GTF will very likely get played, but a shout out would make it timeless for Valerie. I would also throw some Light Years in there for her as well.

    almost 4 months later and she still cries all the time, just hoping for a little bit of healing for her, she is a really great person and fellow Jammer and I hurts to see any of us suffer
  • Ray J. T.
    Ray J. T. Posts: 4,130
    The healing process is a very long road. I see what my sister goes through everyday after losing her husband to cancer 3 years ago.
  • Big Bank Hank
    Big Bank Hank Seattle, WA Posts: 8,639
    RT287183 said:

    The healing process is a very long road. I see what my sister goes through everyday after losing her husband to cancer 3 years ago.

    it sucks to lose someone you care about so much
  • mwplum
    mwplum Posts: 1,544
    Sending along best regards from my family. Nothing can replace that void, we can only can give our best, please pass along our sympathies. We will give it our all in QC if/when this is played...Valerie, we are all behind you! Much love to Jan.
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  • Big Bank Hank
    Big Bank Hank Seattle, WA Posts: 8,639
    mwplum said:

    Sending along best regards from my family. Nothing can replace that void, we can only can give our best, please pass along our sympathies. We will give it our all in QC if/when this is played...Valerie, we are all behind you! Much love to Jan.

    It just would be a really magical moment, I told her I would try and see if they would play it, I told her I couldn't make any promises, hopefully it can be done, or maybe after GTF say something and dedicate Light Years or Come Back to them. She didn't ask for the request, I just know the pain she has been going through, and felt this might be the best way to help heal (because music can do that), because she really does love Pearl Jam and Jan was the one who introduced her to their music.
  • a5pj
    a5pj Hershey PA Posts: 3,976
    sucks..., the speech before release in philly 2 comes to mind.
    Wouldn't it be funny if the world ended in 2010, with lots of fire?



  • dmaradona10
    dmaradona10 Posts: 915
    Hope it happens.
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  • Big Bank Hank
    Big Bank Hank Seattle, WA Posts: 8,639
    dmaradona10 said:

    Hope it happens.

    Thanks I do too, I hate to see anyone suffering
  • Big Bank Hank
    Big Bank Hank Seattle, WA Posts: 8,639
    BUMP all day
  • Big Bank Hank
    Big Bank Hank Seattle, WA Posts: 8,639
    BUMP, by the way sorry if this thread is somehow a nuisance, that is obviously not the intention
  • Wma31394
    Wma31394 Posts: 3,045
    play given to fly
    "Going where the water tastes like wine!"
  • Undrakan
    Undrakan Donostia - San Sebastian Posts: 113
    It's beautiful what you are doing. Much love to Valerie, music will be healing.
  • mrluthor9
    mrluthor9 Posts: 264
    Rest in peace Jan. Please play Given To Fly for Valerie in Quebec City.
    All the rusted signs we ignore throughout our lives,.....choosing the shiny ones instead,......
  • Big Bank Hank
    Big Bank Hank Seattle, WA Posts: 8,639
    Undrakan said:

    It's beautiful what you are doing. Much love to Valerie, music will be healing.

    Thank You for the kind words
  • Big Bank Hank
    Big Bank Hank Seattle, WA Posts: 8,639
    mrluthor9 said:

    Rest in peace Jan. Please play Given To Fly for Valerie in Quebec City.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Eigy86Nvnzo
  • Big Bank Hank
    Big Bank Hank Seattle, WA Posts: 8,639
    BUMP for Jan and Valerie
  • PP193448
    PP193448 Here Posts: 4,282
    Rip. Bump for GTF
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  • Big Bank Hank
    Big Bank Hank Seattle, WA Posts: 8,639
    PP193448 said:

    Rip. Bump for GTF

    Thanks for the bump
  • Big Bank Hank
    Big Bank Hank Seattle, WA Posts: 8,639
    edited May 2016
    Not sure if anyone reading this has the pull to let Eddie know, but it would be super awesome, if this happens
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