LAST YEAR WHEN LUCY FOUND OUT THAT NANNY HAD CANCER THE FIRST THING SHE TOLD ME AFTER HER TEARS WERE THAT SHE WANTED TO DO A SOLO FOR HER . TO NANNYS FAVE SONG. THAT IS A NEW DAY BY CELINE DION. THE SONG HAD ALWAYS HAD A SPECIAL MEANING TO HER NANNY AND WHEN LUCY PUT TOGETHER A SOLO FOR HER TO IT, IT BECAME VERY SPECIAL BEWEEN LUCY AND HER NANNY. WE WERE SO WORRIED SHE WOULD NEVER GET TO SEE LUCY PERFORM IT FOR HER. AFTER MILLIONS OF UPS AND DOWNS AND A LOT OF HOPE THAT WAS SHATTERED, AGAINST DOCTORS ORDERS NANNY CAME OUT TO SPEND DECE AND CHRISTMAS WITH US. SHE REALLY DIDNT FEEL VERY WELL MOST OF THE TIME AND WASNT ABLE TO DO SO MANY THINGS THAT SHE HAD WANTED TO DO WHILE OUT HERE BUT SEEING LUCY DANCE ONE MORE TIME WAS SOMETHING SHE REALLY WANTED TO DO. OUR MINERETTE FAMILY WERE SO AMAZING TO HER AND MADE HER FEEL SO LOVED AND SPECIAL AND EVERYONE THAT WAS ABLE TO MEET HER AND SPEAK TO HER WERE TOUCHED BY HER VERY SPECIAL SPIRIT. SHE WAS ABLE TO SEE LUCY DANCE HER DANCE ROUTINE WITH THE TEAM AT A BASKETBALL GAME ON DECE 10TH AND THEN ON DECE 11TH (A MONTH TO THE DAY BEFORE SHE PASSED AWAY) SHE GOT TO GO WITH US TO UVU TO SEE LUCY PERFORM HER SOLO FOR HER. WHEN LUCY WALKED OUT TO PERFORM SOME OF THE OTHER MINERETTES YELLED OUT.ITS FOR GRANDMA!!!!!
NANNY STARTED CRYING AND CRIED THOUGH THE WHOLE SONG. SHE WAS SO TOUCHED BY THE DANCE AND ALSO BY THE OTHER GIRLS. AFTERWARDS MORGAN LUCYS COACH CAME OVER AND TALKED TO HER AND SHE WAS VERY TOUCHED BY MORGAN. IT WAS A VERY SPECIAL EVENING FOR US AND FOR ANYONE ELSE THAT WAS THERE. THE FOLLOWING DAY SHE WENT TO SEE LUCY PEFORM IN MILTARY WITH THE GIRLS BUT WASNT WELL ENOUGH TO STAY LONGER THEN THAT. THE FOLLOWING WEEK SHE WENT ONE LAST TIME TO JORDAN HS TO SEE LUCY PERFORM HER SOLO ONE LAST TIME FOR HER. THIS IS WHERE THESE PICTURES WERE TAKEN. SHE WAS ABLE TO WATCH IT BETTER BUT STILL HAD THE TEARS BUT NOT AS BAD. LUCY DID A WONDERFUL JOB WITH IT AND THE SONG WILL ALWAYS BE SPECIAL TO LUCY FOR THE REST OF HER LIFE. IN FACT IT WAS THE SONG WE AS HER FAMILY HAD TO WALK INTO THE CHURCH TOO BEHIND HER COFFIN, SHE WANTED THE SAME CD FROM HER DANCE. LUCY OF COURSE BROKE DOWN AS SHE HAD TO WALK BEHIND HER COFFIN TO THIS SPECIAL MUSIC IT WAS VERY HARD FOR HER. LUCY WILL PERFORM THIS DANCE ONE MORE TIME IN MARCH AT THERE YEAR END SHOWCASE, THE LAST TIME LUCY WILL DANCE AS A MINERETTE. I KNOW NANNY WILL BE THERE WATCHING IT ALSO. THANK YOU LUCY FOR MAKING THIS SO SPECIAL FOR HER YOUR DANCING MADE HER SO HAPPY. WEVE SO LUCKY SHE CAME OUT HERE AND GOT TO SEE YOUR PERFORM SUCH A BEAUIFUL DANCE FOR HER. ONCE I FIGURE OUT HOW TO CUT DOWN HER SOLO VIDEO I WILL POST IT ON HERE.
THESE PICS BELOW ARE FROM THE EVENING AT JORDAN HS. DECE 18TH 2009.
THIS ABOVE PIC WAS TAKEN JUST AFTER LUCY DANCED HER SOLO. JUST THREE WEEKS BEFORE SHE LOST HER BEAUIFUL NANNY.






I don't think I'll ever be able to hear it again without remembering your story...Thanks, Lucy, for sharing such a BEAUTIFUL solo! SOOO very glad her Nanny got to see it.
ReplyDeleteThanks melissa. Lucy and nanny had a very special bond. She even carrys her name. Olive May and Lucy May. She was named after her nanny also.
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