Jodi Ford a Life to RememberA Story by Voicein loving memory...
Fighting With Love Her picture in the news paper I couldn’t pass up Two children beside her Smiling and loved She is only 30 And scared of her fate So is her daughter Andromeda, 6 And her son Tristen who’s 8 She has Adenocarcinoma cancer It’s in stage four What’s going to happen next They cannot be sure They need our help And I will be there I will do whatever I can This I will swear I do not know them But still I care I have a big voice And I’m willing to share Together we can fight Because love is on our side We won’t back down And we will not hide She will make it If you do what is right Her getting better Is a goal close in sight God bless you Jodi And your mother and kids And don’t worry sweetie You will make it through this Dedicated to Jodi and her Family
Jodi’s Fundraiser July 19th 2009 Today I went to the Jodi Ford fundraiser dinner. I wasn’t sure what to expect, but there was a great turn out. There was a line to get in and only standing room. Jodi wasn’t there but her whole family was. They had prizes you could win in raffles and a 50 50 drawing. There was even a singer Kimberly Fairchild there who heard about the dinner in the newspaper and asked if she could help. Most of the people there had a green or purple T-shirt on that said Jodi’s Fight. What caught my eye about them though was they all had a butterfly on the front. Butterflies represent change and let me say after tonight I think there will be a lot of that. With all the prayers, the love that I saw tonight I know that a difference was made. No matter what the outcome is if you ask…yes it did make a difference…even to me. I didn’t plan on talking to the family tonight or telling them that I was the one that wrote the poem for Jodi but they found out who I was and their words touched my heart. Jodi’s father and my mother were just making small talk and my mom told him that I had seen Jodi in the newspaper. He asked me if I was the girl who had wrote the poem and I told him yes. He came over to me. I didn’t know if he wanted to shake my hand or hug me, so I just hugged him. He introduced me to another woman and told her I was the one who had written the poem. She said that it was beautiful and that she cried for two hours after reading it. it made me want to cry. When I wrote the poem I didn’t think it would ever get to the family but somehow it did. Jodi’s mother read it to her. I posted it and other information about her here on WC, on both of my MySpace’s, on MyYearbook, and in a mass e-mail to over 200 people. I don’t know how much it helped but I think it made some sort of difference and for that I am glad. I don’t have much but I did what I could. Her friends and family were so close. Everyone was hugging, laughing about the good times, and some crying afraid of what the future may hold. When her father got up and thanked everyone for coming he started to cry as well. I have never seen a man cry before, and with his tears others began to cry. I fought the tears back myself but I can’t say that it worked. Her children are beautiful…they look so much like her. The thought that they could lose their mother when they are so young scares me. No child should have to go through that. I can tell they are staying as strong as they can for their mother though. I know they love her. Everyone that was there loves her and they just want her to make it through this. At the end when they were raffling things off, I won a basket with a journal in it. Ironic isn’t it? I think I will write something else for Jodi. She may never get to read it like the first one but it will be there so everyone knows the strong woman who inspired it. I hope that everyone who reads it will say a prayer for her and her family. Every word to God helps. When my mother and I got home I looked up into the sky and I saw a rainbow. I have never seen one before. Some people may say its light reflecting off water or some kind of science mumbo-jumbo but maybe just maybe it meant something more. There are miracles everywhere I truly believe it and hopefully that rainbow was the sign I needed. Her dad told us that she is holding on and I hope that she can continue to do so. Though I don’t know Jodi I will continue to believe that she will make it because I don’t believe in giving up on anything or anyone and I refuse to give up on her. I will probably never meet Jodi and I very well may never see any of the amazing people I met today again, but their faces are forever engraved in my mind and heart. They all have inspired me and I could never forget them. They are heroes each and every one; Jodi herself and all those standing beside her. My prayers are with them and I promise to keep spreading her story.
An Angel Angels are singing Heavens bells are ringing Rainbows surround her Loves all around her She walks with her maker now She will spend eternity In everlasting light With the wings of a dove And all knowing site She now lives free from pain She will know no more fear She went to be with Jesus But left a part of her here We remain saddened But her we have not lost Soon we will be home with her Sadly time is the cost We will never forget her And you know it is true For Jodi’s memory lives on It’s in me, it’s in you Rest now dear child And know that we care Heaven is always kind Where the earth is not fair And though this is hard And we must cry We promise not to forget That it’s never goodbye In loving memory of Jodi Shawn Ford 4/6/1979 to 7/23/2009
donations can be made out to Donald G. Ford Trust and mailed to :
Education First Credit Union 14170 Pennsylvania Road Southgate, Michigan 48195 734.284.9410 or at jodiford.org To learn more visit www.jodiford.org or contact Carrie Ross at 1-734-672-7169 or [email protected].
Thank you to Lizanne Green and The Rock & Roll Cowboy for donating! © 2009 VoiceFeatured Review
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