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She is in Heaven now, Mama She is.  Oh, yes. Did she fly to Heaven, Mama?    They try to picture it in their minds… She had cancer, Mama, and we prayed for her every single day, and she died. Oh, this was a hard season.  We love this family. She died.  But, that doesn’t mean…

Two brothers, clutching each other’s hands as they walk with blistered, battered feet… emaciated, skeletal bodies, mouths dry, longing for home, water, food… something I hold my son close and sing to him as he falls asleep Two brothers, wasted, lifeless, half naked roam the deserted streets of Haleb, the older boy carrying their baby…

Every time I sing this song it brings tears to my eyes… It doesn’t matter where I am… at home, in rehearsal, in the car or on stage, when I sing this song, I begin to weep… I love this song. I remember when I first heard it on an old recording that my mom…