######################################################## If you decide to publish this on the FramingHanley.net website, Thank you. Before you do, please take out from "By the time Gabriel was five" up to and including "weeks at a time." from paragraph one. I do not need that out there. ...and maybe this: "I don't know your stories or why you are splitting up." up to and including "but I've been there and it almost destroyed my marriage." Second and third paragraphs from the bottom. I don't want it out because I don't want it out there, but because sometimes I just have to say things and I have no valid reason why. If I don't say it , it haunts me, but it might be too close to home for some. If it bothers no one, than by all means leave it in. ######################################################### Nixon I want to take the time to thank you for your kindness. You helped make my time with my son, Gabriel, magical. We both have memories to last a lifetime. I try desperately to make our time together fun, funny, and memorable. You see, I suffer from an imbalance that causes regular and often severe blood clotting. By the time Gabriel was five, I had died twice in a hospital (Not related to clotting), had my doctor fight with a surgeon to stop a procedure that would have left me crippled, and had two clot induced heart attacks. Last year, it was suspected that I had two blood clot induced minor strokes. I am often bedridden for weeks at a time. I could be around for years or not even tomorrow. I just never know. Maybe I'm just a little drama queen-ish. I am *NOT* telling you this for your sympathy, no, no, no. I hate being on the receiving end of that "poor Faith/Poor me" victim sh**. I'm telling you, so you will know how much you touched our lives. Takings my phone and my credit card and ALL my cash (tee-hee-hee) to make sure Gabriel met every band member and got his picture taken with them meant the world to me and to him. I missed my pics, but that was my fault. I took so long that everyone except you and Brandon were in the motorhome and I didn't want to impose. You guys deserve your downtime. I've been on a mindset/lesson tract to teach Gabriel that people are people whether they have fortune, fame, or neither, every chance I get. That fame and fortune allows people to be who they really are, it doesn't change them. Framing Hanley, as a whole, allowed me to show him that fame doesn't necessarily equal egotistical and/or jerk. You as a group and individually are among the nicest people I have had the privilege to meet. Thank you for that too. My husband, who is my musical opposite, (We can only agree on Fiona Apple, 60's-70's rock and a little more.) decided to listen to *said in my deepest pretend man voice* "these guys that you and Gabriel are so impressed with." He played the vinyl that I never intended to play because I bought the digital version when it first came out. Ssshhh, don't tell him, he'll feel bad. So, through our stories, FH has touched even him. I also want to apologize for having my phone cam on the whole time. It's rude and I like to enjoy the show more than the memory of it. Oh, and the worse part is the elephant (Gabriel says, "No, it's a donkey.") singing in the foreground. (I think it was me, yeesh! I couldn't hear me, why did the phone?) I did it for Gabriel's memories. He was afraid to come to the front of the stage because there was minor moshing during the local bands. So, he stayed in his seat and could only see Ryan once in a while. Lastly, I meant what I said about hoping to hear from you again musically someday. Some people believe that for a person to have a talent, and not share it, is a waste. I don't, it's your's, you do with it what you will. But I do believe that when a really good artist, such as yourself, withdraws his talents or passes away, the world is a little less bright. Ryan I just want to say thanks for taking the time to take pictures with my son, Gabriel. You made our day...maybe even our year. You are very talented, even your "haunting music" was quite beautiful. (If they tease you, your's is only shortest because I didn't get to interact with you.) Jonathan Thanks for taking the time to talk with my son, Gabriel, and take pictures with him. After the Lancaster show, all he talked about was how he wished he had met you. You were the biggest reason I bought the tickets for the Stanhope House. (I really wanted to see you all again too.) Framing Hanley is one of only three bands whose music/lyrics blow me away. Just so you know what caliber you are in, the other two are Nine Inch Nails and The Cure. NIN for when I'm pissed, Cure when I'm sad and FH when I'm done my personal pity party and ready to get over it. Thank you for taking time with him and showing genuine interest. I'm hoping to use what you said to him, especially the part about practice, to get him to take structured lessons. He has an uncle who has taught guitar and bass to a few recognizable players, but he's afraid of structure and lacks the discipline to practice. My uncle *will* kick him out if he doesn't follow through. It's my fault, I know. Also, thank you for signing his shirt. He's making me embroider your signature and Nixon's signature onto it because he's afraid it might fade in the wash...someday. He won't let me wash it, not even once, until I do. Brandon Thank you so much for taking the time to take pictures with me and my son, Gabriel, and for taking the time to chat with us. It really meant a lot to me that you took your wind-down time to ask him all those questions and show genuine interest in his answers. You made him feel very special. He likes that you told him that the drummer and bassist were the two most important members of a band. That impressed him because 1) he's only ever heard that from bass players and 2) he's always hearing jokes about how only other bass players pay attention to the bass player. And like Jonathan, you encouraged him to practice which is his biggest hang up...discipline. Thank you. Of all the pictures we took on Tuesday, the picture of you with him is our favorite. We love the expression. Chris Thank you for taking the time to take pictures with my son, Gabriel. He was very impressed by you. Thank you so much for the drum stick you gave to him. And now, thanks to you, he is asking for a drum set to go with his guitar and his bass and his ukulele and the keyboard and the piano and I'll probably have to get rid of a couch and sit through the Victor Wooten/Carter Beauford DVD for the umpteenth time...But it's all good. ---- I don't know your stories or why you are splitting up. It's none of my business anyway, but you all seem to be having so much fun on stage that I believe that, for at least one of you, it is an outside source, money, travel, family, maybe even the "Stupid Squirrel," maybe something else entirely. To you, I want to leave you with this: It takes a strong man to leave what he loves for someone(s)/thing(s) outside of himself. But it takes an even stronger man to not eventually resent them for it. Try to remember exactly why you left to keep resentment at bay and keep your inner light. Resentment takes a while to rear it's ugly head, but I've been there and it almost destroyed my marriage. I wish you all the best of fortune and happiness in your future endeavors and with your families. If you move on musically, I hope to have the opportunity follow your new adventures and to see you perform again. Faith Holler (Twitter: @faithholler Facebook: officialfaithholler) The link to the individual photos if you want to see them: https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10206146568159769.1073741830.1130404907&type=1&l=cc9760eb8c I plan on adding stills from the videos, but no videos, geesh that elephant singing. Photo Credits: Gabriel is 13 and no you cannot have my age but I will say I've turned 21 several times over. We are currently from Wantage, New Jersey. By Faith Holler Gabriel and Kenneth Nixon Gabriel and Brandon Wootten Gabriel and Owen Jago (Airsickness) By Gabriel Holler Faith and Kenneth Nixon Faith and Brandon Wootten Faith and Owen Jago (Airsickness) By Kenneth Nixon Gabriel, Jonathan Stoye and Ryan Belcher Gabriel and Chris Vest
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