This is so very cool. The man is obviously a sucker for kids.
I don't want to hijack the thread, or detract from the awesomeness of this event; but this story and the accompanying pictures reminded me of a couple other Kidd/kid things.
I remembered how for a few moments all of the stress of the past tour seemed to fall off Jon's shoulders while he sang WDOA with that kid, Marco, and how he just cracked up when Marco held the mic stand up in classic frontman style. I don't think I will ever forget the image of Jon hitting his knees, doubled over with laughter. It still warms my heart!
I also recalled a story I read several years ago. It was linked to Goddess Hathor's blog as one of her two favorite fan posts of all time. For those of you who may not have read it, here's the heart of the story and a link, in case you want to read the whole thing. It's worth a read.
"I was a young RN, maybe 24, working on pediatrics. We got a kid in, a 13 year old with beautiful dark eyes and a horrific brain tumor. Melaina was an only child, and for weeks after her tumor was surgically removed both parents sat by her bed as she slowly returned to consciousness.
The walls in her hospital room were plastered with posters of some new rock band, Bon Jovi. I had never heard of them and, to be honest, from the posters I couldn't easily tell if the beautiful lead singer was a man or a woman, with his long curly hair and smooth baby face.
With all the wisdom of my years I laughed off Malaina's infatuation with this clearly fly-by-night band, whose music I was sure I didn't know, and whose members sported what, even at the time, could only be called really bad 80's perms.
Then one night I showed up for my shift and the unit was all abuzz. It seemed that only hours earlier, completely out of the blue, Jon Bon Jovi and his band mate Richie Sambora had walked onto the peds floor to visit Melaina.
They sat and talked to her and her parents, brought her gifts, and posed for her parents to snap photos. Apparently someone had informed them that their biggest fan was very ill and they'd decided to make her dreams come true.
They came alone and stayed long enough to enchant not only Melaina and her parents, but all the nurses on pediatrics. There were no publicists, no reporters along for the ride. This was long before the internet, but nothing ever appeared in the news. It was clear their visit was no publicity stunt."
http://www.islandroar.com/2010/08/a-...a-long-hi.html
06-07-2014, 10:36 PM
