Vanessa Mitchell

[BEHIND THE SONG]
I wrote this song as an unwritten love letter from my amazing Dad to my Mom.

Dad was the healthiest man I knew and his illness came out of nowhere.

You hear stories like this, but you never expect it to happen to you. 😔

One day you’re planning family trips, playing pillow fight with the grandkids, and sitting across from each other at a coffee shop rolling your eyes with a slight smile after a good ‘dad joke’…

The next day, the Doctor says he has stage 4 pancreatic cancer and it could be weeks or months.

A ‘record scratch’ moment would be an understatement.

This song is what I imagine he would say to her now. ❤️‍🩹

–––––

When a friend asked my Mom how she was doing…

She said softly, “I just lost my husband of 48 years.”

😞

To say his diagnosis rocked our entire family would be an understatement.

Last year I asked Dad what he loves most about Mom.

“Girls I had dated before we met were always trying to get away from family. She wasn’t like that. She’s always been someone I can count on.”

True to her nature, my mom is someone I can always count on.

I wrote this song for her. ❤️

Knowing he would want her to LIVE.

To be HAPPY.

To do all the things they’d planned for retirement together…

The name of the song is “PROMISE ME THIS” and I hope this inspires you as much as it inspired me when I wrote it. ✨