(8 am. – promoted by ek hornbeck)
Joy’s original thought was that it was a song for mothers of challenged children, particularly single moms, like her. While in the process of getting the music transcribed on the computer in June of ’07, it occurred to her that it also might appeal to the wives and mothers of veterans returning from war with TBI and PTSD.
Kristian Lei – Holding On
The full story of how the song came to be is on Joy’s blog: Joy Dawning
There’s a short writeup, where I found out about the video, at the Honolulu Advertiser
Music Video by Kristian Lei singing Holding On with Joy Dawning [words and music] and Henry Mochida [Director]. Produced by HDology, LLC. (C) 2009 Joy Dawning Publishing, LLC
In these times the ‘song’ has more meanings and those are put forth in the article and at the blog.
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The lives of the families of fallen troops are forever changed. So also are the lives of the seriously wounded (physically and psychologically) troops and their families. I don’t know if there are organizations of volunteers that can offer them some respite and support, but if not, it would be something that might be organized by some veterans groups, who could set up the framework and then call for volunteers for training and for actual one on one support?
Powerful video.
I am holding on in a world with ptsd……..