Dear Charlene. Thank you for your kind words and prayers for my kidney recipient's illness. Its neen tough. But even though I'm mentally strong, it has worn me down quite a bit. Without the love of my wife and Gordon's music, the road would have been harder for me. I know Gordon must know how his music can help people. But I also bet he doesn't know the depths of how far he's traveled into my soul to get me through what I went through as a donor. That's why meeting him briefly this year, not only on my birthday but the 1st anniversary of my mom's passing, he pulled me through my darkest hours. Not only his music but actually meeting him. If I sent him two 4x6 photos of him and my wife and the other of him and I, do you think he would personally autograph them to us? I don't want to tell him about my kidney story and donation because I don't want to use that as a tool to make him feel sorry for me so he'll autograph them. Have a beautiful day ahead my friend. My Regards, David Ray