A NOTE FROM LUTHER'S MOTHER, MARY
Mrs. Mary Vandross speaks about her son Luther Vandross for the first time since his stroke three weeks ago...

"Since I live in Philadelphia I go to the hospital every two or three days to have a prayer with my son. I hold his hand and pray with him. Right after the stroke, he was in grave danger; it was very touch and go. But I feel that it is just a matter of time before he improves and to me, his appearance gets better daily. It's a very slow process. But I believe there is nothing too hard for God.

I'm overwhelmed by the outpouring of phone calls from people who love Luther. Jesse Jackson calls almost every day to pray with me. There is just a small group of us that are allowed to visit Luther who is still in Intensive Care. His nieces Chanece and Seveda who live in New York come every day so when I'm not there, it's comforting to know they are.

We play music for Luther all day long and we talk to him too. We play all his favorites - Aretha Franklin, Dionne Warwick, and we play his music too. His friend Fonzi puts the new song Dance With My Father on his pillow - we play that one a lot since Luther told me that he thought that was the best song he ever wrote. In fact, right after he wrote Dance With My Father he called me and he said, 'Mama, I wrote a song for you and daddy, I'm going to bring it and see what you think.'

When I heard it, I felt like I was going to, well, scream. I played it over and over and I cried and cried. I was amazed how well Luther remembered his father, how we used to dance and sing in the house. I was so surprised that at 7 years of age, he could remember what a happy household we had. It was always filled with a lot of music. Luther's father - who was also named Luther - had a beautiful voice and he would sing and sing. That is where Luther got his gift.

Knowing how he loves this new album, I believe Luther would want it to come out now and I'm so grateful that he can get this chance. He is going to recover and when he does, I want him to be greeted with a big success story. He has to recover, he's all I have left, he's my last surviving child."

MARY VANDROSS



To Visit Luther's Official Site Click here: http://www.luthervandross.com

Thank You very much for posting this.

ARETHA FRANKLIN HOLDS VIGIL FOR LUTHER
QUEEN OF SOUL ARETHA FRANKLIN
INVITES YOU TO CANDLELIGHT VIGIL AND PRAYER SERVICE
FOR LUTHER VANDROSS

Aretha Franklin invites the city, fans and friends to come out for a candlelight vigil and prayer service for our friend Luther Vandross on Monday, May 19th, 6:30 PM - 8:30 PM at the Little Rock Baptist Church, 9000 Woodward and Northern High School Pavilion, 9026 Woodard (off of Clairmont) in Detroit

My heart is surely affected by the love that is being shown for Luther and his family.
Melody

Poor thing... a mother's love is unwavering and true. I hope she can help pull him through this.

C'mon Luther, we're all praying for you!

Been listening 2 him all day.
I keep hoping 4 him 2 recover.All the best
/Manki

He's such a nice guy, and a great talent. Thanks for letting me know.

Come on, Luther. Pull through this.

Praying for Luther.

tolutherwithlove@luthervandross.com

This email address above is on his site and you can send personal get-well-soon messages to him this way.

Much love sent to Luther and his family.

gatorgirl said:

thank you&Sensual Melody for bringing the Info.Peace&the best

Thank you SensualMelody.

It would be beautiful if God restores Luther to perfect health. Maybe playing music for him and all of us keeping Luther in our prayers will do it.

Through God all things are possible.

Take care.


cranshaw62

Thank you for posting this Melody. This is just heartbreaking. He's such a talented person and seems like an incredibly kind and gentle soul.
I think I may go to the prayer vigil.
I hope God takes care of him.

Yes Melody thank you for posting this. I wish the best for him and his family and I also hope that he will recover as much as possible and soon.

..and wouldn't it be great if this album and single goes 2 #1 (something he has wanted 4 a long time)