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Stevie's Journal entries regarding her visit to Walter Reed Army Medical Center

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haha...oops looks like we posted at the same time!! :wavey:

I was just gonna post this ....
What a wonderful woman I just love her.... such wonderful words

oops indeed :laugh:

What a wonderful to go on about how shallow her life and its tribulations are when compared to these brave, brave people - both the soldiers and their relatives.

She really has a huge heart. I love her. :angel:

Stevie is such a great person....and I love her diction...

That's a real sweet thing of her to do - to go visit these guys... and to write about it and post it on her site. A lot of people will benefit knowing she's on their side and really cares. :thumbsup:

just more reasons to love our stevie

Stevie's Journal entries regarding her visit to Walter Reed Army Medical Center

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Friday July 8th, 2005
Washington, D.C.

Today started out as normal as any other day~ misty but sunny~a day off for me and my band~ a time to rest from a tour that began last May~ a sweet day in Washington, D.C.~ Except for…this was the day I chose to go to the Walter Reed Hospital and visit with the boys back from Iraq~ a few hours to spread my magic and give away some of my music~ sign some rock & roll t-shirts~ and come back home for an early night because tomorrow we fly to Charlotte for a show and then back here to play D.C. on Sunday… How simple my idea of this day now seems. I look at life through the eyes of a rock and roll fairy princess who lives for nothing more than to sing a song~ break a few hearts~ and fly on to the next city and do it all again…until today.

I walked into Walter Reed today a single woman with no children~ I walked out~ a mother, a wife, a girlfriend, a sister, a daughter, a nurse, a patient’s advocate~ a changed woman~ what I saw today will never leave my heart. The boys of Iraq~ (and a few older ones, too).

And the families~ the father who showed me the shrapnel they took out of his son~ and then took his medals and laid them at his child’s feet~ such a beautiful father…in so much pain, but always hopeful~ his son will make it~ and I believe that…

The father who said - "His eyes are closed, but he hears you. See, his hand is making the sign of "Mahalo"~ his eyes are closed, but those tears mean he sees you~" I made him promise to listen to my music~ he promised. And his mother, I felt her pain more vividly than I have ever felt the pain of a mother’s love in my whole life. I told her I could only imagine what that would be like. I hugged her for a long time thinking that maybe if I didn’t let her go~ we would just wake up from this dream. But war is real~ it’s not a dream~ and I had to let her go. That was hard. I felt some of my spirit leave my body and go over to her; I hope she felt it too…Mahalo, I won’t forget you…

And the mom’s…oh yes, our moms just never give up…they just sit there and pray and make promises to God~ "if you will just bring him back…just take me…" and they mean it. And standing in those rooms with them I meant it too…whatever it takes, God, just do it.

And the sisters…I have a brother. He is 5 years younger than me, but he is still my baby. Even the thought of him being taken from me drains the joy from my body~ and the world would be joyless. I saw that in those little sisters eyes~ "you can’t have my brother…he is too young; we have only just begun to live. So I pray for these boys to gather their strength and their angels about them and come back to us. I pray that these brilliant doctors that surround them are able to work the miracles that are needed here. I place a circle of white light around them~ like a million white candles burning for their recovery and their strength and their determination to come back to us…


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Tuesday Night, July 12th, 2005
Miami, Florida

I finished that last sentence at 3:30 last Friday night. I was so tired, I could write not another word~ we had a show in Charlotte the next day and I needed to go to sleep. But I couldn’t sleep. The faces of my new found injured friends haunted my thoughts~ so I called my mother in Phoenix knowing that she would listen to what I had written and calm me so I could sleep. I read my words to her, as I have done so many times before, and I cried. How could this happen? What can I do? Mom, they are so young, I just can’t stand it…She listened, as she always has, and began to weave her wisdom around me. She said~ whatever it takes to keep war from our shores. Whatever it takes to keep 9-11 from happening again. It’s all about freedom and our way of life. I asked these same questions when I worked at the prisoner of war camp in World War II~ whatever it takes to keep war from our cities. These young men are, in no uncertain terms, fighting for our freedom. So what you can do, Stevie, is love them and visit them and most importantly, tell the world what you experienced so that people know what these boys have given up. Your job here has always been to bring information to the world through your songs~ and to your audiences when you talk to them. This visit to Walter Reed Hospital is another stepping-stone in your life. You had to see it to believe it~ and now go tell the world.

So, once again~ thank you for those brave moms, …and thank you for my own mom, for Barbara, for her words that allowed me to sleep that night. She has always been my "way out", my solution, my great love…

And I will do something. Me and my guitar player, friend, Waddy~ and my dear little assistant, Karen. We will think of something. We’ll start a foundation, we will tell the world what we saw~ we’ll keep tabs on our boys at Walter Reed~ and we will love them every day in our hearts~ and we will WISH THEM WELL.

Hmmm...hey Tiff, are you out there? Stevie didn't write about the woman soldier she met who was pregnant (and Stevie bought her a ton of baby stuff) and the woman ended up dying, :( . Was this at a different facility than Walter Reed, I wonder? Stevie only mentioned men in her journal entry, so maybe only men were at this facility. I'm confused. :confused:

:nod: :nod:

I had tears streaming down my face the entire time I read that, from beginning to end. To see a person who cares and feels so deeply, to see a person who at times feels as though she carries the weight of the world on her shoulders, to see so much of myself and the way I feel in someone else is truly touching. But the one thing that she has (well many things lol) that I do not in this case is a voice and Barbara is right - she can use that voice to spread the awareness and educate people. All I can say is that I wish there were more people like Stephanie Lynn Nicks in the world...*bows to her Goddess*.

Not just a rockstar. Love her to bits. Truly a woman with a huge heart :nod:

You and me both! (Honks into tissue). Awww....sniff...that's our Stevie!

I'm trying to figue out if Stevie's mother is implying that Iraq/Saddam Hussein was responsible for September 11th. I hope not, if this is going to be the information Stevie brings to the world.

(I am not dumping all over her, by the way. I think it's wonderful that she is visiting all these soldiers. God knows, no one from the Bush Administration is). It just infuriates me to see this kind of ignorance, which I blame solely on the Bush Administration and its mis-education of the American people - and it frightens me that more of this propaganda could be spread.

With all due respect, Barbara is an 80 something year old woman with a different view of the world. I think it's best to concentrate on the fact that Stevie took the time to go and see these people as opposed to turning this into another political thread that perhaps has more merit on the chit chat board (no offense to you at all, Cat so please don't take it as such).

No offense taken at all. As I said, I wasn't dumping on Stevie. Just voicing a concern. And wondering if it's a view Stevie shares.

Wow, Stevie. That woman has a huge heart. That's all I can say is wow.

you know something Cat?? i was thinking the same thing when i read this... sounds as if Stevie's mom comes from the same camp who believe that Saddam Hussein was an immediate threat to this country (which clearly he was NOT)...

i always believed Stevie to be more liberal in her beliefs.. but it seems her parents, or at least her mom may be more conservative...

i just hope she didnt convince Stevie that this war was for our benefit and it was a GOOD thing :)

ok.. let me stop, before i really get into this and create a political battle on the Ledge :wavey:

Hey, Miss G., could you share what you're talking about?? :)

I love Stevie. It's amazing that she takes the time out of her busy day to give something of herself to others who are in need. She gives me a warm, fuzzy feeling inside.

Even if she did, she would not be public about such a political hot-button. I'm sure her message will focus on the plight of the troops. :wavey:

- Jake

Stevie takes a lot of crap for being a pampered little rock star. And she is a pampered little rock star.
But she also has a heart of gold... compassionate, empathic, generous, magnanimous. Even after all these years of fortune and fame, she still wears her heart firmly on her chiffon-dripped sleeve.

Whatever faults she may have, I have always been very proud to say, "I'm a Stevie Nicks fan."
But now more than ever. :nod:

Stevie has such a huge heart~~ I am proud to be a fan of hers. She is always an inspiration.

As far as political views, Barbara comes from an entirely different generation and I do not think Stevie believes Iraq/Saddam was responsible for 9/11. I am not getting that Barbara does necessarily either, from the little blurbs Stevie posted. Even if Barbara does think that way, I doubt Stevie does. Stevie's message is not about that, it is more about spreading love and thanks to the specific soldiers.
This talk about Barbara reminds me of Javier's Q and A, where he describes going to Stevie's door with Lindsey in the late sixties. Barbara made some bizarre comment about the boys "should be off at the war" or something like that. Of course I did not hear the context in which she said it but the comment itself sort of offended me. (if indeed she said it..I have no reason to think Javier would lie though)

Anyway..this stuff should be left for chitchat. The focus should be on what an amazing woman Stevie is. We should all strive to be as giving, loving and kind. What an inspiration.

Hi Jessica (and everyone),

It's a long story and I have to run off to grad school, but I will post more (if Tiffany doesn't beat me to it) later tonight. :)

i'd hate to see politics put a dark cloud over this whole thing......

What a cool thing Stevie did, she has no motives. That should be an example to all of us (me, especially!)

LET'S GO SPREAD SOME PEACE AND LOVE TODAY!! :xoxo:

(sounds better than cleaning the house, doesn't it? :shrug: )

So beautiful.... :angel:

Sigh. :distress: WWII was about keeping war off of our mainland. Again 9/11 has/had nothing to do with Iraq. Although this war is about our way of life and our dependence on foreign oil.

First of all, this is one of the absloute nicest things Ive ever heard a celebrity do. Any of them can give money, but Stevie took the time to spend time witht these people and did it out of her own heart. Shes great. But I really had to laugh at the part I highlighted


:laugh: Yes, Stevie's songs are a never ending well of information. Witches, Gypsys and Heartbeats driving you mad are so informative. And would we know ANYTHING about the gulf war if Stevie wasnt born in the desert???

well, she knows how it feels there :laugh: hey - look up - its a shooting star - where is my husband, I want him to see it - oh where the hell has he gone this time? :laugh:

WE LOVE YOU STEVIE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

A class act, that Stevie. :xoxo:

I disagree with her mum.

This is the second time this type of statement has come from Stevie. So I wonder the same thing myself. I know Stevie watches the news so certainly she must know by now there is no connection to 9/11 and Saddam.
In first part of the journal entry, her feelings are right on. She can't sleep because she knows conciously or unconciously we are there for no good god damn reason. So she calls her mom who makes her feel better enough to go to sleep. And we all need someone like that sometimes.

It reminds me of Javier's Q&A when he recounted going over to Stevie's house with- I think it was Lindsey- and her mother answered the door and said something like "Why aren't you boys in Vietnam?"

I'm so relieved to hear how many of you disagree with Stevie's mom - even many so-caled "liberals" still think that killing all those thousands of people in Iraq and Afghanistan is somehow connected to America's "freedom". So thank you for your reason, and for not making this political.
Having said that, I have no reason to believe Stevie is that liberal - I wonder how much of it is wishful thinking on our parts, hoping she is but at the same time (somewhere deep inside of me) doubting it - don't ask me why.

Very cool of La Nicks to go visit and spread a little sunshine... those guys don't deserve what happened to them.

Couldn't have said it better myself (especially since today I am cleaning house) ;)

Our soldiers need our love and support and I love how Stevie wanted to share her experience with us. I so wanted to give Stevie a hug after she said she cried.

Peace and Love. :xoxo:
Stevie is a very special angel. :angel:

Even Afganistan, where Al-Q was being kept and supported :eek: I mean I get the no relation for Iraq, but Afganistan is way different. I guess we should have let them stay there or, better yet, believed the Afgan gov. when they told us OBL and Al-Q were not there and that OBL and AL-Q were good people and incapable of the events of 9/11.

The Afghan people didn't ask for it.... and especially since the US governemnt financed the Taliban for many years.... ooh dear, we're getting political now... sorry. Please don't respond to this!! Let's talk about Stevie....

All of the sudden I have "From a Distance" by Bette Midler stuck in my head. Someone please kill me now.

Remember how Jim Ladd used to say how, of all the rock stars he had known, Stevie was the nicest & most genuine? "What you heard tonight on the interview is exactly the way she is."

She's a great gal!

I believe there are three aspects of human endeavor in which one can excel: artistic, scientific, moral. Stevie excels in the moral.

LOL - I agree - but I am always open to a lively debate on it in chit chat forum :wavey: :wavey: :wavey:

This was, though, a great thing for La Nicks to do, esp. considering our own govt. screws these people on a regular basis.

Hmmm... methinks not really??? Affairs with married men, addictions, our gal aint purrfect, by any means - she does have a wonderful heart and spirit, that's for sure!