“My MOM passed away Friday night.

On Saturday evening we had tickets ...  booked long in advance ... to a  RICK SPRINGFIELD concert.

Mid-concert Rick sang his song ‘My Father’s Chair’… about the LOSS of his DAD.

One lyric really hit me:

          ‘…the far distant future

          When I knew you’d be gone

          Came too fast and stays too long’

Ugh… a belly punch… tough to hear right then.

I looked to the left and the WOMAN seated next to me was SOBBING

into her hands.

I put my hand on her back to comfort her. She said her SON had recently PASSED and she was really having a hard time.

After the concert, she thanked me for COMFORTING her.

I shared the idea of GODWINKS that I’d learned from Mom… suggesting that maybe that song, at that time, was a little message about her son… and maybe we were MEANT TO BE sitting next to each other.

When I told her my mom had PASSED… the night before… her face just DROPPED.

She reached up, gave me a big HUG, and said, ‘You were giving me comfort, but I should have been comforting you.’”

Lance Jakob

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Rick Springfield lost his DAD. Lance lost his MOM. The lady lost her SON.

The song … “My Father’s Chair” … was a Godwink of COMFORT to each of them … all at the same time.

Actually, a Godwink ALWAYS represents COMFORT. 

Proof of that is in each of the books in the Godwinks collection. Take a peek here.

SQuire