Elvis - A Lighted Candle

[Wanda June Hill]

He sure could let it slip when ever he felt it and yes he tried hard to speak perfectly. After all, he had stuttered as a child, into his teens and said that singing helped him over come that, and then learning that no one was going to bite him after all, meaning jump on his case some way just because he was shy etc:. And he said he learned to be brave though sometimes it took everything "in me to take that first step forward gettin' on that stage" and then he's usually say, "and I loved it, being out there-it was just getting there that did it to me." He said his mother sat him down when he was 19 and told him he would be meeting many kinds of people, and to listen carefully to what they were saying and if it felt wrong don't get involved, if it felt right to his heart then things would be okay. Something about letting his heart guide him if his head wasn't sure. I don't have that written down anywhere I could put my fingers on it but I remember him talking about there were so many people trying to tell him what to do and how to do things he was so confused he just went home and lay in his bed and cried because he couldn't understand why they were all telling him so many different things. So he stayed home for a few days and talked with his momma who made it make sense for him.
It's that little boy charm, that sweet honey drawl that sneaks out here and there and the sky blue eyes, then there's that smile and the giggle and laugh...oh good grief even, what the heck! It's the whole Southern package and he came loaded with it...wjh

[Barbara Lea]

GOD BLESS THAT SWEET SOUTHERN MAN'S,SOUL! I'M GLAD HE NEVER FORGOT THAT SOUTHERDNESS, THAT JUST MADE HIM EVEN MORE SPECIAL. I WISH I COULD HAVE SAT DOWN WITH HIM, AND TALKED ALL THE SOUTHERN WE WANTED TO I'M SO THANKFUL THAT EVEN THOUGH THEY TRIED TO CHANGE HIM INTO SOMETHING HE WASN'T, THEY NEVER DID. FOR THE LOVE OF ELVIS!! BARB!!

[Rainbow Light]

OH THEY TRIED THAT ALL RIGHT! BUT NEVER GOT TO THE HEART AND SPIRIT OF OUR DEAREST ELVIS, WHO HE WAS DOWN DEEP, SUCH A BEAUTIFUL SOUL!

[Rainbow Light]

Just bringing this back for the newer members and thank you so much to everyone else for their feedback, thoughts and comments also!

[Rainbow Light]

He said his mother sat him down when he was 19 and told him he would be meeting many kinds of people, and to listen carefully to what they were saying and if it felt wrong don't get involved, if it felt right to his heart then things would be okay. Something about letting his heart guide him if his head wasn't sure. I don't have that written down anywhere I could put my fingers on it but I remember him talking about there were so many people trying to tell him what to do and how to do things he was so confused he just went home and lay in his bed and cried because he couldn't understand why they were all telling him so many different things. So he stayed home for a few days and talked with his momma who made it make sense for him.
It's that little boy charm, that sweet honey drawl that sneaks out here and there and the sky blue eyes, then there's that smile and the giggle and laugh...oh good grief even, what the heck! It's the whole Southern package and he came loaded with it...

Oh wow, did he ever!! l.....