My mother particularly loved John and introduced me to his music at a very young age. He became my musical hero. As a young child I remember writing him letters and wishing there was some way I could get them to him. Years later I met and married one of Dik Darnell’s (a good friend of John’s) cousins. We went to one of Johns concerts where Dik had arranged for us to meet John. There were so many things I wanted to say but I was so nervous I only said hello and shook his hand. To this day I wish I could go back to that moment so I could tell John just how much he and his music had meant to me. My mother passed away from cancer at a young age just a year after John’s tragic death. Right now more than ever I find myself thinking about her and John and how his music affected our lives. I just wanted to say from my heart, thank you for sharing all of those years of great music with us. John had a gift, but not only that he stood up for all of things that I believe to be truth. He was a great man who taught me many things about life and I consider myself lucky to have lived in the time of John Denver. I will never again pass up the opportunity to tell someone how much they mean to me and for that I thank John. His music is timeless and may his memory live on in our hearts and minds forever.