I want to say thank you so very much for phoning tonight. It made my day, actually it made so much more than that xx.
Things have been tough here. I have a little boy Julian (Jules) who has cerebral palsy and has partial hearing, eyesight and sensory problems. We are going through a stressful time due to a large legal claim against the hospital where he was born as they were negligent. Our boy is our hero, he had no heartbeat for 31 minutes and we were told he would not live. He was put in a cold coma (brain cooling) to limit damage. He is our world and our life and our everything.
I have been around the world to see you...remember that crazy flight from Sydney to Wellington? If you google wellington airport on youtube you can see some very hairy landings like ours was that day!
I have been to Vegas to see you quite a few times but not in the past three years due to Julian although in 2010 we saw you doing that engagement special. The last time I came to see you over there with Marie I was pregnant with Julian and he bopped away inside me enjoying the beat of the music. I am sure he would be a fan too but unfortunately Mr Gangnam man came along and our boy is obsessed with him lol
When I met my sweet husband 5 years ago I calmed down and stopped travelling the world so much but have introduced him to your concerts with Marie and he thinks you are an amazing entertainer and fully understands why I enjoy your concerts so much...I think he may have a secret crush on Marie too lol. We loved your shows over here back in January even if we did have to battle the snow to make it. I also took my daughter to the Cardiff one. She was so excited you rang tonight and a bit gutted she did not get to say hi I think. I bought her to see you in 2008 in Vegas and we had a meet and greet and she went all shy and silly, she has seen you in concert many times and has great memories. She is now ten and tells me that if she met you again she would not be shy, she burst into tears when we left you and Marie as she was so upset she got shy and could not talk to you.
I told you about our wedding back in Vegas last year on 12.12.12...I forgot to say that of course with a date like that and being a donny fan I had to walk down the aisle to 'Twelfth of Never' the minute I heard the first few bars I burst into tears. The song means so much to me, I have always loved it and it always reminds me of the long weekend concerts you did back at the Orleans in 2006 and of everyone singing together. It also reminds me of being alone in recovery the night Julian was born. Roger and gone to the hospital the baby was transfered to to be with him and I was being told the baby would not make it. I laid there thinking about how do you plan a funeral for a baby, what songs are appropriate? The songs that want through my mind were twelfth of never and never gonna say goodbye....that later still brings such a massive lump to my throat. Luckily we did not need to use them for that.
Our Twelfth of Never Las Vegas wedding xx
Today I had been through a stressful hospital appointment for me with Neurology as I have had lots of symptoms of Multiple Sclerosis so was feeling really down as it had not been a very positive appointment but that little chat with you really brightened everything up.
I just want to say thank you for making my day but also for taking the time out to make other peoples days so often xx I have heard so many lovely stories of other such calls and other such lovely donny moments and how they lift and make so many peoples days when you do this. You are such a lovely sweet man :)
Now please, can you tell us if anything is happening exciting to celebrate your 50 years in entertainment, we are all bursting with excitement and I need to know if I need to sell one of my children to afford another trip to america? Only kidding I won't sell my children but I may sell my Roger ;) lol xx
thank you once again Mr O xx thank you for all the fun concerts, not just from me but from all these other crazy UK ladies xx
ps please could you follow my little Julian's page on twitter he is the most clever 3 yr old...we aim to give him many many sensory input 'things', he was transported the night he was born in an incubator called the globetrotter so we aim to make that a massive thing for him, the gift of travel and to see the world and we are in the process of writing a series of books to raise money for his therapy centre. His name on there is @julesbouncybaby and pps...don't you think my son looks like a younger you? lol everyone tells me he does...he is 17 and does not really think thats cool, sorry lol xx
who is who? lol
Jennie meets Donny and Marie, las vegas 2008.
