We recently held a giveaway in honor and celebration of our one year blog anniversary.  We were giving away five copies of Jim Brickman’s Greatest Hits CD.  Jim’s music has blessed my heart and soul through the years, and we hope the winners will enjoy his music as much as we do.

Before I announce the winner, I would like to express my sincere thanks and appreciation to Gregory C. Johnson, the man behind all of the technical aspects here at Light Love Hope AND our writer for the We Care Wednesdays series.  Greg has been a close friend of the family for 17 years (at the time of this writing).  His love and friendship for my entire family has been an ever present force that has seen us through some very trying times in our lives.  Greg has been through a whole lot in his life, and yet he still puts others first.  He never hesitates to give of himself and do things to brighten someone else’s day.  If there was only ONE face to put with the random acts of kindness, HIS should be the one that you’d find if you looked that phrase up on the internet.

Greg has provided Light Love Hope as an outlet for me, and I use it as my form of therapy at times writing out the words that are in my heart and soul.  Our family has struggled after the loss of my sister to suicide 13 years ago.  I used to write poetry and found a great deal of enjoyment in that, yet I lost my desire to write at all after losing my sister and best friend on that hot July day.  Greg has provided this site to encourage me to write again and to help heal my broken heart by reaching out to others that may be in need to share Light, Love, and Hope with them.

As if all of that wasn’t enough, Greg has gone above and beyond again by purchasing the Jim Brickman CDs for our giveaway.  Greg is the one that introduced me to Jim Brickman’s beautiful piano music years ago, and he provides tickets to see Jim in concert every December.  This has become a family tradition, and we have been blessed to spend the past few “On A Cold Winter’s Night” concert tours with Greg when he has visited with our family around the holidays.  We are looking forward to doing this again at the beginning of December with him as part of our family.

~drum roll, please~

THE WINNERS ARE:

Aimee Ramos Fauci

Alli Rutherford Smith

Rose Powlel

Theresa (no last name provided)

Shirley Cumbie Wood

CONGRATULATIONS, LADIES!!!

It is with great joy and excitement that we celebrate with you all.  Email notifications have been sent to our lucky winners, and they will be receiving their Jim Brickman CDs shortly!

Thank you to everyone that entered!   We will have more opportunities to come to enter future giveaways.  We are so happy to have you as part of Light Love Hope’s family of readers.

Thank you to Gregory C. Johnson for gifting the CDs for our giveaway and for all that he does for me, personally, my family, and Light Love Hope!

Blessings to you all,

Shirley