THIS PAGE IS DEDICATED TODAY TO DAD/HUSBAND
JOHN HOPKINS ~ WHO IS NOW IN HEAVEN. 
HE WAS MY STRENGTH TO CARRY ON WITH MY 
SINGING AND THE MUSIC ON THIS PAGE IS A SONG
HE LOVED.  WE NEVER HAD THE CHANCE TO SAY 
OUR LAST GOODBYE, SO THE POEM IS SPECIAL ALSO.

JOHN ALWAYS TOLD US TO BELIEVE IN OURSELVES
AND TO NEVER GIVE UP, TO FOLLOW THE DREAMS......
 THAT WE WERE "HIS SPECIAL THINGS" ~ 
SO THAT'S WHY THE SONG WILL ALWAYS BE 
"HIS" SONG ~  MY TRIBUTE TO A  DAD/HUSBAND
 


~ IF TEARS COULD BUILD A STAIRWAY~ 

If tears could build a stairway 
and memories were a lane 
I could walk right up to Heaven 
and bring you home again. 

No farewell words were spoken 
No time to say good-bye 
You were gone before I knew it 
And only God knows why. 

My heart's still active in sadness 
And secret tears still flow 
What it meant to lose you 
No one can ever know.

But now I know you want us 
To mourn for you no more 
To remember all the happy times 
Life still has much in store

Since you'll never be forgotten 
I pledge to you today 
A hallowed place within my heart 
Is where you'll always stay

~Author Unknown~

Music "Flying Without Wings"
By Ruben Studdard ~ America's Pop 
Idol  -for entertainment purposes only.......
Please buy his Cd when released on 
June 6th 2003