Todd Wright - 40x40
A few days after I released the first 40x40 track "You Better Not Leave" I had the chance to hang out with two amazing kids and found a whole new inspiration.
10 year old Bella Queen was diagnosed with Type 1 Diabetes at the age of 2. Since then she has endured countless daily insulin shots and has had her finger pricked 8-10 times a day EVERY day. She is rock solid, smart, sweet, kind and tough. Diabetes puts an immense strain on her body and leaves her 4 times more at risk for heart problems, nerve damage, eye damage and kidney damage.
Her parents Rob and Ally have lived almost her entire life with a constant anxiety most of us will never know. So imagine how it felt this past August when their 8 year old son Cameron was diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes as well.
I sat and watched Cameron prick his finger and test himself. I watched him come in from outside to tell his Mum that his insulin pump had come out of his skin and needed to be reinserted. I could hardly watch them stick this needle-like tube back into his side. He took it like a man among men....at 8.
Suddenly writing and recording a song a week doesn't seem too hard.
When you visit www.orangepopsongs.com to download each one of the 40 free downloads I'll be posting you will see "donate" buttons. EVERY penny of the proceeds are going to research for a cure for this terrible disease.
I know times are tough. Donate if you can.
Check out The Store to buy CD's from the 40x40 project. All proceeds go to The American Diabetes Association to fight juvenile diabetes
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