WROTE THIS ON 16TH AUGUST 2016 FOR MY WEDDING ANNIVERSARY
DEDICATION:
Tomorrow is my 22nd wedding anniversary, to my wonderful husband Simon, we have been together 29 years. This song has always reminded me of our relationship because Simon is the strong steady loyal man that keeps me going and keeps me afloat as I have battled for justice for 23 years of the 29 we have been together.
He has never once asked me in all those years to "think of him" or to give up my battle for justice, instead he stands with me and drives me on and gives me the room and the space to do what I need to do.
When he is asked as he often is, "how do you cope?" he always answers "I cope with the legal challenge because I know it is the right and proper thing to do, to fight for justice for Sindy, and her children and her siblings". He really is the wind beneath my wings.
Next Tuesday is my sister Theresa's 45th birthday, she ended her life aged 33, to escape the torment and torture she suffered all her life because of the abuse my father and brother inflicted on her, because no one saved her or stopped the abuse when she was a child, she tried to end her life aged just 9, to end her nightmare that others in my family could have ended for her but choose not to.
This song is also dedicated to Theresa, and the video in the song reminds me of our love and how some days despite both of us living a real nightmare we could get away from that house and spend time together, Theresa was also the wind beneath my wings, and my love for her keeps me fighting and keeps me keeping on.
I would not be who I am today, or where I am today without Simon and Theresa, the wind beneath my wings.
