I wanted to let you know that the DVD and the song "Goodbye My Friend" was a great hit at the school retirement party. I also want to thank you for your generosity in allowing me to use the song in a tribute to the three retiring teachers. -- Dave Cupp Dear Susie, Thank you so much for sending me your song. I used it as the final song in an mpeg movie I created out of pictures and video clips from our retiring teacher's 35 year career. Everyone enjoyed the clips, songs, and the pictures during the first part of the production and were smiling and chatting with each other. Once your song began, the room grew silent and everyone was completely attentive to the production. Then the tears began to flow! It was the perfect way to help us summarize the amazing career of a truely great teacher. Your song was a beautiful way to end the production. Thank you so much for generously sharing your work with us. Many of the people at the retirement wanted to know about you and your work so I shared your web site with them. I was excited to share that you create Christian music in order to help people come to know and love Christ in a special way. Thank you for that "tool" as another way to reach people for Jesus. Thank You. -- Susan Thomas I just wanted to let you know that we played "Goodbye my Friend" at the retirement party for Henry T. Harden, M.D. last evening and it was SOOOO moving! He was very moved, everyone in the audience (about 100 people) were very moved. I did make copies of the DVD/CD for about 8 people and many more people asked about the song and where it came from etc. Thank you so very much for going the extra mile to rerecord in our timeframe. Thanks again and many blessings on this beautiful song! -- Carla Johnson Just wanted to let you know on how the retirement went. The event was a great success and your song was perfect for the party. Everyone loved the song and the lyrics just fit perfectly. Thank you again for providing us with the song! -- Lora Thank you very much for allowing me to use your song at my friend's party. Everyone loved the song! It was a big hit! The song was wonderful, it was like it was written for her! Thanks again, -- Pat Rose It's a great song and all the staff thought the words were perfect for our friend, Julie. All the lower elementary teachers were crying at how beautiful the song is and how perfect the words were at Julie's retirement party and they thought I sang it so pretty too. I have given out your website so that others can benefit from your beautiful music. -- Barbara Hi Susie ~ Well, we could never thank you enough for responding so quickly so we could use your song for our friend. It was so powerful, and so perfect! Shelly copied enough lyric sheets so we "serenaded" Bonnie with the song, through lots of tears of course! She thought we had the lyrics written just for her!!! That is how perfect , and apparently universal, this song is! Bonnie's 2 daughters surprised her by coming to the party, and they couldn't believe how wonderful your song is for their Mom. Funny thing, I did not know Bonnie's husband teases her about being the "Queen" of everything -- so your lyrics were certainly on target there too! All told, it was a gift beyond measure, thanks to you (Thanks to God) for writing, recording and mostly ~ thanks for sharing this song. It touches so many hearts. Our hearts will always be grateful for your kindness and talent! Thanks, and peace to you always ~ Marie Kinietz and the faculty and family at St. Mary School in Marion, OH. -- Marie Hi Susie, Just wanted to let you know that this song had an amazing effect at our parent appreciation breakfast we had this morning in our elementary school. I am a fifth grade teacher and a fellow teacher retired after 23 years at our school (34 total teaching years). I ordered both versions of the song. I had six girls in my class who wanted to memorize the song for this teacher (most of them had her as their second grade teacher). We surprised 'Laura' with an intimate session in her classroom two days ago (using the instrumental version). Of course the song brought her to tears and she thought we wrote this song just for her (the lyrics suited her perfectly). Well, today we had an appreciation breakfast for the parents. Several staff members were also at the breakfast. I produced a DVD to go along with the song. I matched most of the lyrics with appropriate pictures from the past 20 years. There was not a dry eye in the entire room. What a powerful and moving song. Thank you again for sharing this beautiful piece of music, -- Darryl Dear Susie, Just want to let you know how perfect your song was for the retirement tea! My daughter got so many compliments and the teacher she sang for, along with his entire family all had tears in their eyes. After she sang, the teacher started his speech with, "You know how to make a guy cry when you put him into a room full of people who say nice things about him, and then get a girl to sing to you!" Thanks for doing such a wonderful job of writing this song. Sincerely, Darlene and Chelsea Chimilar -- We are holding a retirement party for three female colleagues one week from today. We've searched for the perfect song for months and finally found it. Thank you for helping to make our colleagues' celebration even more meaningful!