Prayers for Walt...

Back in March, I got a phone call from my roommate from college Bonnie. It was about her dad. Walt needs a new heart. Walt is on an LVAD, which is a machine heart, and it is keeping him from being dead.

LVADs last only about 18 months, and we're into month seven here. Bonnie and I had talked over the past several months and she said that one of the amazing things about all this is that in order for her father to live, someone else had to die.

And someone else died. And.

Well.

This heart is a match.

Bonnie is on Storrow Drive, just drove past Fenway Park where the Red Sox are fighting their own elimination and possible death in tonight's game against the White Sox. And she is on her way to be with her family and kiss her father before he goes into the surgery.

It is sad that someone else dies in order for someone to receive. There are about four hours in the window for the heart to go from person A to person B. There isn't much time for families to think, ponder, question. There is decision.

And right now, a family grieves for their loss. But they gave the most amazing gift. I swear to you, this moment -- these people are more valuable and important than any president, any clergy, any decision maker, any movie mogul. These people lost a father, a child, a daughter, a sister, someone. And they decided to give.

Perhaps the individual had the donor sticker on his or her license. And the decision wasn't hard, the family went with the will of the lost one. That is beautiful. Instead of mincing, fighting, arguing, they just did it. They gave.

Walter will receive. In their grief, they saw hope for someone else. To them, my heart sings and cries and rejoices. Thank you for making this decision. Thank you so much.

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So right now, I turn to you my friends, all like five of you. Heh.

If you pray. Please pray. Please send mojo, good thoughts, positive vibrations. Please pause for a minute and just say "Go, Walt! Go!"

Go, Walt! Go!

Give thanks and praise for the heart and the giver, and pray for Walt to withstand yet another surgery. And hopefully his longevity, which we wish for, is in tune with the will of the Maker.

Thank you for your time. Leave a comment for mojo if you want.