The emotions are so incredible that I cannot begin to express my gratitude to Genie I have played the CD again and again . . . it is so beautiful. (A girl I've been counseling) nicknamed Buggie has been horrendously abused and has not spoken an audible word for years , since she found her brother after he committed suicide.)... One day she wanted to hear music . . . so I played Undying Love for her She loved the song so much that she asked me to play it again and sing it to her. She gently rocked herself while coming out of a horrendous flashback and mouthing the words. She then requested that we play Genie's song "Fire of Unity". We played it once, she rocking gently and mouthing the words. Later, in a most emotional night of my entire life . . . In the wee hours (@3:30 AM), Buggie went into one of the most difficult flashbacks to date. I sang to her Undying Love, (what she calls the "love song") , three times, then sang Fire of Unity . . . . Buggie was coming out of her flashback and returning to us . . . and audibly whispering the words. . . Genie's music has provided a little girl so maimed and scarred by so many with a lifeline . Thanks to Genie we have a focus for her to look towards when her world disappears into the darkness of evil. Buggie is going to LIVE and Buggie is now LOVING. Genie has no idea of the gift that she has given to us.
The emotions are so incredible that I cannot begin to express my gratitude to Genie I have played the CD again and again . . . it is so beautiful. (A girl I've been counseling) nicknamed Buggie has been horrendously abused and has not spoken an audible word for years , since she found her brother after he committed suicide.)... One day she wanted to hear music . . . so I played Undying Love for her She loved the song so much that she asked me to play it again and sing it to her. She gently rocked herself while coming out of a horrendous flashback and mouthing the words. She then requested that we play Genie's song "Fire of Unity". We played it once, she rocking gently and mouthing the words. Later, in a most emotional night of my entire life . . . In the wee hours (@3:30 AM), Buggie went into one of the most difficult flashbacks to date. I sang to her Undying Love, (what she calls the "love song") , three times, then sang Fire of Unity . . . . Buggie was coming out of her flashback and returning to us . . . and audibly whispering the words. . . Genie's music has provided a little girl so maimed and scarred by so many with a lifeline . Thanks to Genie we have a focus for her to look towards when her world disappears into the darkness of evil. Buggie is going to LIVE and Buggie is now LOVING. Genie has no idea of the gift that she has given to us.
This letter is going to be so very difficult for me to write . . . . but only because the emotions that are prompting it are so incredible that I cannot begin to express my gratitude to Genie I don't know if you remember me or not, but my first contact with you was a year or so ago . . . regarding an event in Mexico, NY. My name is Yvonne. Genie sent me a CD containing a variety of their music. I have played the CD again and again . . . it is so beautiful. About a year ago, I became involved with an online organization that runs a chatroom for kids who have been abused. The chat room has specific hours of operation and each shift is monitored by an adult . . . . I am one of the monitors there. During my involvement with this chatroom I have come to know and love alot of the kids. They are awesome, wonderful kids and true survivors. First, I need to say thank you to Genie from the bottom of my heart. This young person that I am talking about is named Katie, and she is 17 . . . . (aka Buggie, Katiebug) and her foster mother's name is Rose. They live in New Zealand. Thankfully with the advances of today's technology, it is possible to communicate real time words or voice chat with someone. . . . . this is whereGenie comes in. Buggie has been horrendously abused and thrown aside by anyone that she ever loved. She feels that she dare not let herself love because of the emotional (and physical) pain involved from those who have told her in the past that they love her. Over the course of the last 12 days I and my roommate/best friend (as well as another angel in California) have spent countless hours online with Buggie . . . loving her . . . trying to get her to trust. One day she wanted to hear music . . . so I played Undying Love for her and she listened over the airwaves via AOL instant messenger. She loved the song so much that she asked via typed response that we play it again and sing it to her. We did that. Rose was in the room while we sang to Buggie and she told us that she was gently rocking herself while coming out of a horrendous flashback and mouthing the words. (I need to interject here and tell you that Buggie has not spoken an audible word for years . . . . since she found her brother after he committed suicide.) She then requested . . . again via typewritten words that we play Fire of Unity. We played it once . . . and the scene repeated itself . . . us playing it again and singing to her . . . she in NZ rocking gently and mouthing the words. Okay, now I need to fast forward to one of the most emotional nights of my entire life . . . In the wee hours (@3:30 AM) this morning, Buggie went into one of the most difficult flashbacks to date. Rose was there with her, I was online in NY and the other angel was online in CA. Rose was at her wits end . . . not knowing what to do . . . and we were as well, not knowing how to reach her. Rose suggested that I sing to her, what Buggie calls the "love song" and the talk connection was established. I sang through the song three times then went into Fire of Unity . . . . Rose was crying telling me that Buggie was coming out of her flashback and returning to us . . . and audibly whispering the words. . . Rose could hear them and had a hard time typing through her tears. Genie's music has provided a little girl so maimed and scarred by so many. Genie's music has provided her with a lifeline . . . Our journey with Buggie is nowhere near close to the end of her horror . . . but thanks to Genie . . . . we have a focus for her to look towards when her world disappears into the darkness of evil. Buggie is going to LIVE and Buggie is now LOVING and Buggie is coming to see us next month . . . she and Rose will be in NY to surprise the special angel from CA who is coming to visit us. Genie has no idea of the gift that she has given to us . . And this is a true "Buggie - ism" . . . *kisses you on the nose*
| Yvonne is a Children's Minister |