REQUEST: Just Breathe and Smile in Indy for Melissa

JD87070
JD87070 Grand Blanc, MI Posts: 309
in The Porch
I wasn’t going to do this because this show is going to be difficult enough to get through as it is, but here it goes.
My cousin Melissa passed away unexpectedly at the end of last month of a heart attack. PJ was by far her favorite band, she’d been a 10C member over 20 years, kept renewing in the hopes that they’d come back to Michigan! She saw them at least a dozen times, three with me, i believe 6 with one of her brothers.
She had been through a lot the last decade, in July 2013 her dad died of cancer, two months later her youngest brother Adam (she was the oldest and only girl of 6 kids) was diagnosed with cancer and died in December 2013, then her next youngest brother Kevin died after a brief battle with cancer in January 2019. During Adam’s illness the family created these wristbands that say Team Adam Stay Positive on one side and Breathe and Smile on the other. So i thought it would be a fitting tribute for me to request Just Breathe, which we played during her visitation and at her funeral, and Smile at the Indy show my son and i will be at.
And beware, if this actually happens i’ll be the tall bald guy with a longish beard wearing a battle jacket in the pit lying in the fetal position balling.
Melissa and her Godson Micah

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  • lastexitlondon
    lastexitlondon Posts: 14,923
    Damn life is cruel 


    this song is meant to be called i got shit,itshould be called i got shit tickets-hartford 06 -
  • JD87070
    JD87070 Grand Blanc, MI Posts: 309
    lastexitlondon said:
    Damn life is cruel 
    Indeed.
  • CROJAM95
    CROJAM95 Posts: 10,881
    So sorry for your loss, I hope this gets fulfilled 🙏

    take care
  • gotthebottle
    gotthebottle San Diego Posts: 3,803
    She'll be up there watching from front row, I'm sorry for your family's loss
  • demetrios
    demetrios Posts: 97,611
    Sorry for you loss.
  • JD87070
    JD87070 Grand Blanc, MI Posts: 309
    Thanks everyone.
  • JD87070
    JD87070 Grand Blanc, MI Posts: 309
    Well, guess i missed the pair of songs i requested by a show. A good friend of mine is there tonight at least!
  • JD87070
    JD87070 Grand Blanc, MI Posts: 309
    Hopeless bump. Can’t wait for the show!
  • demetrios
    demetrios Posts: 97,611
    Up!
  • IAmMyself
    IAmMyself Posts: 671
    We’ll feel your energy there Melissa!  I hope you get your requests JD, I’m so sorry for your loss!  💔 
    "Please help me to help you, help yourself." EV
  • cincybearcat
    cincybearcat Posts: 16,853
    Sorry for your loss.  Been a bad year for me as well losing my brother at the age of 51 last year in June and my Father at 76 this june.  The band (especially live) helped me a lot with my brother's loss last year and I expect his year with my father's loss. 

     I hope they help you too.  And good luck, I will focus my energy on 1 song...Just Breathe for Melissa!
    hippiemom = goodness
  • JD87070
    JD87070 Grand Blanc, MI Posts: 309
    I gave Eddie the bracelet pictured above during Yellow Ledbetter and he put it on. Melissa is up in heaven freaking out right now! What a night, i can’t even process this. Eddie also early in the show handed me his lighter and gave my son a pick during Yellow Ledbetter, we both got a pick and a signed Polaroid from Mike too. Melissa was definitely there tonight making sure we had the most incredible experience imaginable. 
  • josevolution
    josevolution Posts: 31,705
    cincybearcat said:
    Sorry for your loss.  Been a bad year for me as well losing my brother at the age of 51 last year in June and my Father at 76 this june.  The band (especially live) helped me a lot with my brother's loss last year and I expect his year with my father's loss. 

     I hope they help you too.  And good luck, I will focus my energy on 1 song...Just Breathe for Melissa!
    Damn so sorry may they rest in peace and please accept my deepest condolences! 
    jesus greets me looks just like me ....
  • cincybearcat
    cincybearcat Posts: 16,853
    JD87070 said:
    I gave Eddie the bracelet pictured above during Yellow Ledbetter and he put it on. Melissa is up in heaven freaking out right now! What a night, i can’t even process this. Eddie also early in the show handed me his lighter and gave my son a pick during Yellow Ledbetter, we both got a pick and a signed Polaroid from Mike too. Melissa was definitely there tonight making sure we had the most incredible experience imaginable. 
    Happy you had a special night.  It really does help the healing.  Take care.
    hippiemom = goodness
  • JD87070
    JD87070 Grand Blanc, MI Posts: 309
    cincybearcat said:
    JD87070 said:
    I gave Eddie the bracelet pictured above during Yellow Ledbetter and he put it on. Melissa is up in heaven freaking out right now! What a night, i can’t even process this. Eddie also early in the show handed me his lighter and gave my son a pick during Yellow Ledbetter, we both got a pick and a signed Polaroid from Mike too. Melissa was definitely there tonight making sure we had the most incredible experience imaginable. 
    Happy you had a special night.  It really does help the healing.  Take care.
    Thank you, and i’m so sorry for your losses as well. It’s never easy. 
    It’s been great to share this experience with Melissa’s brothers the past few days. I only told one of them that i was going to try to give Eddie the bracelet, so it came as a complete surprise to the other two when i started sending them pictures of Eddie wearing it. They were blown away. I’ve found a couple videos of me giving it to him too, both from far away, so you can’t see it all that well in what’s on YouTube so far, but still cool to see and send them.

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