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First Hand Accounts

Patients and Families
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To protect their privacy, the names have not been included)

Thanks, Swan Songs.  What a wonderful service you and your talented musicians bring to those in need.   When someone is in the transition process, the hearing is the last sense to go.   What peacefulness and comfort you bring to those who are beginning their everlasting voyage and to their loved ones who watch them sail away.   

Thank you, Swan Songs, for giving my dying mother a true gift.  The pleasant and professional musician showed up with his guitar, sat at the foot of her bed and serenaded Mom with her favorite country classics for almost an hour.  The photographer captured magic moments of the joy radiating from Mom’s face.  The planner prepared thoroughly and attended to insure that all went well.  It did; far beyond our expectations.  These days Mom doesn’t remember when I visit.  The morning after the concert she awoke humming and asking for ‘Cowboy George.’  Thank you for stimulating old memories and creating new ones of her favorite music.  Thank you for honoring her well. 

I realize that a “typed” note may be seen as impersonal and many times seen simply as being rude. Please understand that I type this more out of necessity than being impolite with my Thank You card. My hands simply don’t have the stamina to write at length. Typing may be slow, but much more legible than I could ever convey in handwritten notes…read more here

 

My mom passed away yesterday morning. I wanted to thank you for the lovely service that you are providing to those at the end of their life.

  

My brother passed away June 7, 2010 after being diagnosed with a very aggressive form of brain cancer in 2008.  He lived a giving and generous life with his wife of 40 years.  The last two years of his life, he exemplified how to face death full of love, faith and grace.  Even with such a dire prognosis, he would sleep well at night because “it was in God’s hands” - and he truly meant it! 

As a supporter of Swan Songs over the years, I requested an end of life concert at his home with family and close friends…how fortunate we were that Chris Gage and Christine Albert were in town and able to play on Friday, June 4th.  With their beautiful music, a beautiful life was celebrated with laughter, tears and prayers - a blessing for all of us.  On Monday, June 7th, he died peacefully in his home.  The Swan Songs concert is a memory we all hold close to our hearts.

 

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