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| I HAVE BEEN A FM & STEVIE FAN FROM THE FIRST MOMENT I HEARD THOSE BEAUTIFUL VOICES TOGETHER, THERE'S NOTHING LIKE IT. I'M 42.. SO I HAVE BEEN A LONG-TIME FAN. I WAS DEVOTED TO THE MAC EVEN BEFORE BUCKINGHAM AND NICKS JOINED!~ I SAW FLEETWOOD MAC, THE RUMORS TOUR.. ~AND STEVIE BECAME CENTER STAGE. I HAD BEEN A JANIS JOPLIN FAN WHEN I FIRST HEARD STEVIE IN '68 IN NEW ORLEANS, WHICH IS WHERE I USED TO LIVE. I LISTENED TO HER.. AND IT WAS THAT RAW MAGIC AND AURA OF HER HEART BEING BARED THAT DREW ME IN. STEVIE OPENED FOR JANIS ONE TIME WHILE SHE WAS WITH FRITZ, AND HAD SAID SHE WAS HER IDOL. THAT'S HOW I THINK SHE CAPTURED THAT PASSION WE ALL LOVE NOW. STEVIE ALSO SAID SHE LOOKED OUT AT A CONCERT IN HER EARLY DAYS, AND SAW A YOUNG GIRL WEARING A CHIFFON DRESS AND WAS HOOKED!! LITTLE DID SHE KNOW THAT WE WOULD BE TOO. STEVIE BECAME AN IDOL IN THE LATE 70'S AND 80'S.. NOT JUST FOR HER MUSIC, BUT FOR HER DRESSING STYLE......BUT FOR ME, IT WAS HER MUSIC THAT CAUGHT ME.. AND.. THAT VOICE! I HAVE ALWAYS PLAYED THE GUITAR AND HAVE WRITTEN SONGS AND LYRICS. AS A SINGER I HAVE BEEN TOLD I SOUND A LOT LIKE HER AND I ALWAYS TAKE THAT AS A COMPLIMENT. I SAW THE MIRAGE TOUR WITH MY HUSBAND, AND STEVIE THE GYPSY TOLD THE STORY OF MY LIFE... A WANDERER, A SONGWRITER, A SINGER. MY HUSBAND USED TO PLAY THE GUITAR. HE THOUGHT LINDSEY BUCKINGHAM WAS AWESOME! (HE HAS SINCE PASSED AWAY FROM A CAR ACCIDENT THAT WE WERE IN.) I LIVE IN ZIONSVILLE, INDIANA. I HAVE 2 DAUGHTERS, MY FIRST WAS BORN 5-5-76. SHE IS IN A BAND AND PLAYS GUITAR AND LOVES STEVIE! MY YOUNGEST IS 19 AND WAS BORN ON 3-10-82. I TOOK HER TO HER FIRST TWO CONCERTS. ONE WAS FLEETWOOD MAC ''THE DANCE TOUR'', AND THE OTHER ONE WAS STEVIE�S �ENCHANTED TOUR�. SHE WAS ENCHANTED! (SHE WAS ALSO 8 MONTHS PREGNANT AT THE TIME.) SHE TOO WRITES POETRY AND SINGS. I HAVE A 3 YEAR OLD GRANDSON NAMED ISAIAH. I'M SURE HE WILL BE A FLEETWOOD MAC & STEVIE FAN, NO DOUBT... HE ALREADY IS STARTING ON THE GUITAR THIS YEAR! I'M HALF CHEROKEE, AND HALF IRISH. I BELIEVE IN ANGELS, FAIRIES, MIRACLES, A HIGHER BEING, AND LOVE.. IT DOES CHANGE THE WORLD. I SAW STEVIE IN PERSON AT THE OMNI HOTEL IN INDY, RIGHT AFTER SHE DID A CONCERT AT DEER CREEK ,INDIANA. I WAS SO SHELL-SHOCKED I JUST FROZE AND COULD NOT SAY A WORD.. MISSING THE CHANCE TO FINALLY MEET MY IDOL.. THAT I WILL NEVER FORGIVE MYSELF FOR. I WORKED THERE AS A 40K-A- YEAR BARTENDER. THE NEXT DAY I WENT INTO WORK BOUND AND DETERMINED TO GET AN AUTOGRAPH.. BUT, STEVIE HAD ALREADY DEPARTED. MY EMAIL NAME �BELLADONNA714" CAME FROM A COUPLE OF THINGS. MY BUSINESS IS CALLED BELLADONNA AND BITTERSWEET, INC. FOR 5 WEEKS I CUT BITTER SWEETS FOR ALL THE LANDSCAPING COMPANIES. (IT�S A BERRY THEY DECORATE AT HALLOWEEN AND THANKSGIVING.) AS FOR THE �714"... WELL, IF YOU ARE OLD ENOUGH, I'M SURE YOU�LL KNOW. I WAS IN A CAR ACCIDENT IN 1996 IN SOUTHERN OHIO, ALMOST TO THE KENTUCKY BORDER. MY HUSBAND AND SOULMATE OF 16 YEARS DIED FROM A BROKEN NECK AND HEAD TRAUMA. I WAS THROWN 150 FEET DOWN A RAVINE, WAS LIFE LINED AND GIVEN 5 DAYS TO LIVE. I WAS IN A COMA FOR A VERY LONG TIME. THE ONLY ONE THAT CAME TO THE HOSPITAL WAS MY YOUNGEST DAUGHTER. JESSICA WAS FORCED TO I.D. HER FATHER�S BODY AT AGE 14. SHE HAS POST TRAUMATIC STRESS, AND SO DO I. I HAD HER SITTING NEXT TO ME FOR DAYS, AND BECAUSE THEY THOUGHT I WAS GOING TO DIE, (I WAS DECLARED DEAD AT THE SCENE) JESSICA INSISTED THAT THEY PLAY STEVIE ON A LITTLE TAPE DECK. SHE KNEW IF ANYTHING WOULD BRING ME BACK IT WOULD BE STEVIE'S MUSIC. THE HEAD NURSE LET HER, AND SHE PRAYED. ~THEY WERE RIGHT, I COULD HEAR THE MUSIC. I HAD A BROKEN BACK T2 C2, A BROKEN NECK SEVERED (CHRISTOPHER REEVE HAS C1,2 SEVERED), AND OF COURSE CANNOT WALK. THE LEFT SIDE OF MY FACE HAD TO HAVE $45,000 DOLLARS OF RECONSTRUCTION. I ALSO HAD TO HAVE BRAIN SURGERY, BUT THE LOSS OF MY HUSBAND WAS THE WORST OF ALL. HE WAS DEAD AND EVERYTHING WE HAD WENT INTO ESTATE AND WAS FROZEN. I LOST MY HOUSE OF 10 YEARS. I WAS A BARTENDER FOR THE OFFICERS CLUB AT FORT BENJAMIN HARRISON FOR 10 YEARS. IT WAS MY OLDEST DAUGHTER DANYALE'S FIRST YEAR OF COLLAGE (WHICH SHE HAS COMPLETED) AND IS NOW TRYING TO GET A JOB ~AS A C.P.A.~ I LOST ALL THE MATERIAL THINGS I OWNED HAD TO START ALL OVER. (I AM 110% in pain everyday) BUT THEY TOLD JESSICA I WOULD NEVER WALK, TALK, READ, WRITE OR DO ANYTHING PHYSICAL. MY DAUGHTER JESSICA TAUGHT ME HOW TO READ FROM DR. SEUSS BOOKS, AND I RE-LEARNED HOW TO WRITE, FEED MYSELF AND HAVE FAITH. THE WHOLE TIME I LISTENED TO STEVIE NICKS AND FLEETWOOD MAC.~ I AM DISABLED AND THEY COULD NOT BELIEVE THAT I COULD LEARN OR REMEMBER ANYTHING. I PRAYED, I WORKED AND I LISTENED TO STEVIE.. -SHE WAS THE FIRST WORDS I LEARNED TO PUT TOGETHER.. I WAS ONLY 35!! I ONLY HAVE 1 WISH IN MY LIFE AND THAT IS TO MEET HER SO I CAN TELL HER MY STORY, AND HAVE HER KNOW THAT HER MUSIC, BROUGHT ME THROUGH SO MUCH...... I HAVE MANY GUARDIAN ANGELS~ I LIVE ON $438. A MONTH, BUT I HAVE AN APT. OF MY OWN, A BUSINESS WITH THE TITLE (ALWAYS REMEMBERING HER AND ALL SHE HAS DONE.) I HAVE MEET THE MOST WONDERFUL PEOPLE THAT ARE HER FANS~THEY ARE LIKE HER.. KIND, LOVING, MYSTERIOUS AND ALWAYS READY TO LEND A HAND. MY HOSPITAL BILL WAS 1.2 MILLION DOLLARS; AND WHILE I HAVE LOST ALL THE MATERIAL THINGS, I HAVE FOUND THE REAL ME AND I LOVE TO WRITE FOR YOU ALL. PLEASE SIGN MY GUESTBOOK. IF YOU DO, ~ANY QUESTIONS WILL BE ANSWERED, AND IF YOU WOULD LIKE A SPECIAL POEM WRITTEN FOR YOUR FRIEND OR A LOVED ONE, GIVE ME A DAY OR TWO AT THE MOST AND I WILL SEND IT TO YOU! ~I COLLECT ANGELS AS THEY ARE ALL OVER MY HOUSE. NOW I HAVE A CHANCE TO WRITE MY POEMS, LYRICS AND CHILDREN�S STORIES........LIFE IS COMING FULL CIRCLE AND I WOULD LOVE TO HEAR FROM YOU. I'M A TRUE SISTER OF THE MOON! ~IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FEEL FREE TO ASK. ONCE IN A MILLION YEARS A LADY LIKE HER RISES.. S.N. THANK-YOU ALL! Cathi Short [email protected] |
| HELLO FELLOW STEVIE LOVERS..... MY NAME IS CATHI SHORT. |
| and when they ask her about the men her life she says they were poets.. Yet they were priest of nothing but oh.. they were legends.. S.N. And she is a poet.. a priestess of everything.. and our legend...... always...... |