Post by DCapTO / Redsky

And you’re smart to wear respirator in hospitals. I’ve been in and out of a few over the last year, even during cold&flu season w/ unmasked people in waiting rooms coughing & sneezing, people don’t even cover their mouth anymore😣 My N95 protected! Sorry you’re in hospital, glad you’re taking care😷

aug 31, 2025, 2:38 am • 5 1

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Oh, I'm perfectly fine. I'm serving as caregiver for my brother's oldest friend, who is dealing with Parkinson's. I spent all of 2023 shepherding my late wife through stage 4 small cell lung cancer, without either of us having a symptomatic case of covid.

Me and my late wife Vickie Mapes Williams. She is wearing a black T-shirt, I am wearing a gray one. She has a maroon and black hat on. We are both wearing high quality respirators.

aug 31, 2025, 3:02 am • 4 1 • view

I’m sorry to hear you’ve both gone thru such a challenging journey, and my condolences 🙏💜💜💜 On top of the Parkinson’s caregiving that’s so challenging on its own 💙 Hope you’re also taking just as great care of yourself by resting & recharging and avoiding caregiver burnout

aug 31, 2025, 3:39 am • 2 0 • view

Thank you. I couldn't save Vickie from cancer, but I could keep her as healthy as possible to make her final wishes come true…a concert by her favorite artist, singer Happy Rhodes, and an Alaskan cruise. Happy ran the GoFundMe to send us. I can't thank all of Vickie's family and friends enough.

Singer songwriter Happy Rhodes at Knuckleheads Saloon in Kansas City Missouri. Everyone in the audience is masked.

Me and Vickie in front of a dog sled on a glacier in Alaska.

aug 31, 2025, 3:44 am • 5 1 • view

Sounds Incredible! What beautiful memories 💖 a thrill to be at a live music event post 2020 + 😷😷😷🙌🤘 What an incredible community of support you have! ❤️ So refreshing & hopeful to hear community support is possible for respirator-wearing Covid-aware folks. Many of us have been abandoned

aug 31, 2025, 4:16 am • 2 1 • view

Everybody was masked at Vickie's request. We had a variety of masks at the door. Happy hadn't performed her own music in 15 years, and granted this final wish by her biggest fan. She had to relearn how to play. She refused to accept even expenses, and or to sell tickets. youtu.be/Br3i-0R_FuY?...

aug 31, 2025, 4:22 am • 2 1 • view

What an experience Happy is, and it must have been for all of you together to listen live 💖 How cool, an incredible story too. Relearning to play to honour Vickie. It sounds like a magical night ✨

aug 31, 2025, 5:13 am • 1 0 • view

There's a screenshot of the GoFundMe that she ran. This is one of the most generous and selfless acts I have ever heard of any artist doing for their fan.

Help Vickie Mapes Williams Take Her Final Journey Happy Rhodes is organizing this fundraiser on behalf of Vickie Mapes. This is a fundraiser to send Vickie Mapes Williams and her husband Chris on a journey to see the only 2 states she has yet to visit. Vickie Mapes Williams, who can justifiably claim to have advanced in large and small ways, the careers of numerous female artists, has been diagnosed with Small Cell Lung Cancer. This is an aggressive cancer with a poor prognosis. My name is Happy Rhodes. I've known Vickie since 1988 and I’m but one of many artists to have benefitted from Vickie’s enthusiasm and tenacity. She deserves so much more from this life but I wanted to give all of the people who’ve been touched by her spirit a chance to contribute to some wonderful moments for her. This is not just for Vickie but also for her husband Chris, who is her only caregiver. We should all be so lucky to have that kind of support in our lives. Show your support for this GoFundMe

aug 31, 2025, 5:17 am • 2 1 • view

💖💖💖

aug 31, 2025, 5:35 am • 0 0 • view

So incredible, yes so generous and selfless! Happy really honoured the moment, and Vickie and her community beautifully with such a memorable, joyful experience

aug 31, 2025, 6:05 am • 1 0 • view