"Lift your voice, join in the singing. Lift your voice in a song of goodwill. Lift your heart to the glorious season. Bid all your sorrows be still." Merry Christmas Dan and Jean, and all who come to this place of love and hope. "God bless us every one." ~ Deborah and Laurie

Dear Dan Fogelberg, It's Christmas Eve here in Canada. I haven't been on this side of the Atlantic for Christmas in many years, so it was a surprise to turn on the radio and suddenly hear "Same Old Lang Syne"... and instantly be transported back in time and back home in my soul. You're probably beyond tired of hearing
it, but to me it sounded fresh again after so long. It always used to embarrass me that the song brings tears to my eyes, but I don't care any more. After hearing it, I went on the internet, found your web site, and read
about you. I really never knew anything about you, you were just that guy who wrote that Christmas song that makes people embarrassed because they get teary-eyed. I'm sorry to hear you have been ill, and I want to send you my good wishes and positive energy. You must have many people whose lives you have touched who care about you now, and with everyone's love and support and good wishes you will continue to get well. I'm sure of it. Be well. And may you be surrounded by love and laughter this Christmas. Thank you for making me feel like I'm home again. ~ Donna

Dan, I've always enjoyed your music you have such a wonderful talent I love playing your music on my piano especially "Run for the Roses."  I'm glad to  hear that you are doing better.  Tonight I was listening to one of my favorite radio stations and they were playing your music. I love your songs. Continued health in 2006 I wish you well.  Merry  Christmas! ~ Karen, Metamora, IL

Dear Dan, I just wanted to let you know that I have been thinking of you and the life changing ordeal that you and Jean are experiencing.  I use to be an Oncology Nurse (for 7 years) and I know how cancer can change a person's life and make them stronger.  It makes someone appreciate life in a different manner then someone who has not had cancer.   I have been listening to you for at least 20 years and your music has touched every aspect of my life.  One of your songs - "A Love Like This" - is on our wedding video. Your songs enable us to relive memories and offer teachings to our children for the future.  Your songs will forever remain in our hearts. Just make sure to enjoy every double rainbow that appears over the mountain tops after the storm. Best Wishes ~ Lauren Pond 

Merriest of Christmas to you Dan, and your lovely wife..It  would not be Christmas in my home without your Christmas CD, it has been my  favorite since it came out..Thank you very much for that gift..A Peaceful Fan in  California ~ Mia

Hi Dan, I was listening to your  Christmas cd this afternoon and it reminded me once again to say a prayer for you.  May you and your family have a joyful Christmas and may others touch your heart the way you have touched ours. Sincerely ~ Kevin Stonerock

Dear Dan, HAVE A HOLLY JOLLY CHRISTMAS THIS YEAR!! I am so thrilled that you are doing well!   
Just goes to show you: All you need is love!  Love ~ Shirley, Mobile

Dear Dan, I wish you, Jean, and your families all the peace, love, joy, and hope that this season can bring. ~ Mary

Dan, Merry Christmas to you and your family.  I am happy to read your recovering.  I am not so elegant with words as you so I will just say thank you for the music. ~ Steve - Columbus Indiana

Dan and Jean, Merry Christmas. I wish you good health and many blessings in 2006.  I  thank the dear Lord that you are able to celebrate this Christmas and look  forward to 2006.  I have been listening to The First Christmas Morning  every day. Your music continues to be a constant comfort and a joyful  companion. Selfishly, I pray that you will be completely well and be able to  write and perform. You are a treasure. Continued prayers for your full recovery. My deepest sympathy in the loss of your friend Michael Botts.  Thank  you for giving us the opportunity to send our sympathy to his family.  He  will be greatly missed .~ Dani Janich, Las Vegas

Dear Dan, I've read through several of the email posts and it is truly remarkable how many lives you have touched through your music.  I only heard a few weeks ago on a radio station that you had been battling prostate cancer. Although saddened you had to go through such a terrible health ordeal...I am overjoyed your cancer prognosis is optimistic.  I would like to thank you from the bottom of my heart for your music which I have enjoyed for over 20 years.  You truly have given so many of us a wonderful gift with your voice and your music. I wish you further success in your recovery and my prayers are with you and your family; particularly, during this holiday season.  May God truly bless you for continued good health.  Much love and appreciation ~ Katie, Redondo Beach, Calif.

 I wish you a blessed Christmas season and all the best for a healthy 2006. With the warmest of regards ~ Hugh Beggins

Hi Dan, This is my first e-mail to you but I had to write you to encourage you in your battle.  My husband and I went through a 4 l/2 year with leukemia.  I do  understand the fear and also the blessings that come going through something like this. Wendell lost his battle in Dec.2004 and I want you to know that your music has  been a great comfort to me. We are the same age (born in l95l) and you have touched  me in a way I can't explain.  Thank you for that.  I hope you have a Merry Christmas and  I  do plan to see you in concert someday.  Keep the faith.  My thoughts are with you. Sincerely ~ Kay Key

Dear Dan and Jean, A Merry Christmas to both of you !  It was so good to have heard of your progress with your illness. Dan, as I listen to The First Christmas Morning.... it is as others have said, a masterpiece,  a true work of love.  Thank you for such a gift.  I pray God will continue to keep you in His loving care. ~  Annie St. Louis MO

Hi Dan, Hope you're doing well these days!  I'm approaching 49 yrs old and I thank you for encouraging us to have the exams.  Medical issues usually get pushed to the back of our priorities, but your experience hits close to home since I'm in that age group. My name is Rod and I have been inspired by your music since Home Free.  I have been drumming since I was nine, and playing guitar since fourteen.  Wow, time DOES just slip.  My wife and I drove to see you in Rockford, Ill  a couple of summers ago.  It was the fourth time seeing you in concert. Twice with a full band and twice solo. Thank you for all of the great music and we hope to hear you play again soon.  We WILL keep you in our prayers and hope you heal and live well for many years.   Have a great Christmas with Jean.   All our love ~ Rod and Cathy S.

I guess you can call me a fan, but one that is not very informed.  I have seen Dan in concert two times in Utah and was looking to see if he was going to visit us again when I found out about his cancer.  Fight and win Dan!! My mother, who is very talented at both the guitar and vocals, sang Dan's song "Leader of the Band" for my Grandfather before his death in 1998.  He was the most amazing man I have and ever will have known and Dan's song is ultimately the definition of how I feel about him.My mother was recently diagnosed with Congestive Heart Failure and I only hope I can give to her the song she gave to my grandfather; the song Dan gave to all of us.

My best to Dan and his family and more so my mother who is the inspiration of my life.~ Stephanie Chappell
West Valley City, Ut

Dan and Jean -- We want to wish you and yours a very Merry Christmas and a New Year full of comfort and joy.  Your music has been a tremendous comfort to us through rough patches in our lives, and has provided a
delightful soundtrack to our happy times as well.  Sending you good thoughts of blessing and laughter.  Laurel and M. G. (and our cats Samhain and Sara who are fans by association).  :D

Dan, I know that this is your favorite time of year.  As I listen to  "The First Christmas Morning", I am reminded of what a truly remarkable person you are,.as a musician and as a human being.  Your music has been an inspiration to me since I first heard "Home Free".  It has no boundaries and always captures the moment.  You have a passion for life that is evident in your songs and your live performances.  I know that passion will help guide you through this difficult time.  If I may borrow a line from your song "Ever On"..."May the trail rise up to meet you, May your heart rejoice in song, May the skies be fair above you  As you journey ever on".  My best wishes to you and Jean for this holiday season. You are the best! ~ Mike from Houston

I first discovered your music when I was in Peace Corps.  Several of my fellow volunteers were fans.  I had enjoyed your hits before that time, but never explored the rest of your library.  A couple of my favorite times during those two years were reunions with other volunteers when Terri brought her guitar and we all sang.  Needless to say, your music was the soundtrack of my Peace Corps experience 20 years ago.  It's also the soundtrack of 4 friendships that I have kept and treasured from that day to this.   Please take care of yourself and know that you have contributed so much to so many. ~ Bethe L. in San Antonio, TX

Dan, I am absolutely thrilled to hear that you are doing well. I have always loved your music, but more importantly have always respected and admired how you have conducted your life. Even through these difficult times you continue to maintain your dignity, spirit and optimism which will help you overcome this challenge. I admire how you have looked at this event as an opportunity to help others. That speaks volumes about the type of person you are. I wish you, Jean and your family a very Merry Christmas and a happy and healthy New Year. I look forward to sending you another Christmas message this time next year and expect to hear that your health will have continued to improve even more. May God bless you and your loved ones. ~  Bob

Dan, I was listening to your Christmas album and decided to check the web for any updates. I am so happy to know you are doing well! Holiday Blessings to you and yours! With love from a longtime devoted fan ~ Jennifer S. in Latrobe Pennsylvania

Merry Christmas, Dan and Jean, with much thankfulness for a year of healing! I look forward to hearing of your continued progress and to some special music again someday! Love ~ Linda Matson

To Dan: We were so saddened to hear of your diagnosis, but our hearts are dancing to the good news of your remission. Although my husband has always loved your music, he introduced me to your music when we met 23 years ago, and the soothing sounds of your soulful music has been a part of our lives together ever since. We were especially grateful for your Christmas album and listen to it faithfully. Keep up the good fight, Dan, and know that we will love you and everyone you love as long as we have breath in our lungs, for your sweet spirit shines through your music and smiles upon our walk here on Earth. Your music will live forever! We wish you the happiest Christmas and a fulfilling New Year, with many more to come. May the Great Spirit be with you and yours. Love ~ Janice and Fred Mitchell, Arkansas

During this wondrous season of love and light, we send you "CHRIST"mas blessings! Please know that you continue to be in our prayers daily, and we are believing our faithful Lord, Jesus Christ, for your complete healing an restoration. The Lord truly blessed you with so many stellar gifts that you might bless others with your words and music. Thank you so much for sharing those precious gifts with us all. Our prayer for you in this coming year and always is "May the Lord make His face to shine upon you and be gracious unto you". Be Blessed. ~
Ben and Mary, Southern California.

Dan, Was just listening to some of your songs on my husband's iPod.  Brings back so many great memories
from years gone by.  Your music is so beautiful and uplifting.  Be well, and thank you.

Dan,   I am one year older than you.  After first hearing your music about 1971, I feel like we have grown up together. You have provided me with so much pleasure over the last thirty-plus years.  I cannot thank you enough.  I retired from the Wichita, Kansas, Police Department last February, as a Captain.  I am now attempting to write a novel and some songs.  You are my inspiration.  In my opinion, you, not Bob Dylan, are the voice of our generation. I was so very happy to read on your Web-site that your health has improved.  I had a quadruple by-pass two years ago, so I can truly empathize with you.   My very best wishes to you and your family for a truly wonderful Christmas and a happy, healthy 2006.  I would love to hear some new music from you, but, if that doesn't happen, I will still be able to treasure what you have given me over the last many years. Peace, brother!

Dan & Jean, We just discovered today that you are ill...our prayers for a full and swift recovery have been sent to God. Your gift of music and your talent for touching people's souls with your lyrics are blessings to those of us with the same thoughts, but no musical talent. We can listen to your music for days and it never gets old or tired, there is always something new we discover within your songs and delight in this so much! We shared your music with our children, and now, with our grandchildren, and they enjoy it almost as much as we do (hey, we get them to NOT listen to rap! Haha!). Have a wonderful and blessed holiday season and know our thoughts and prayers are with you both and with your family. God Bless ~ Paul & Teri Morales

Dan, It has been many a year when I was blessed with the opportunity to attend one of your performances.  It was truly an enlightening experience.  My memories of that evening are as vivid as if it was yesterday. I wish you a fast and full recovery and best wishes for a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.  Thanks for all the wonderful memories and music. Best Regards ~ Jan

I just wanted to say "MERRY CHRISTMAS" to Dan & Jean.. May you have a Blessed Christmas. Stay warm, Stay well, and Stay Happy! Thoughts and prayers still heading your way... Hugs ~ Cathy in NJ~

Dear Dan, I was listening to The Innocent Age this morning, and last night, and once again thought to myself: this man's talent is a gift from God. You touch my heart still with your gift..as you have for many years. Be well...and may the New Year bring you health and happiness ~ Janet

Thanks for music.  It has touched my life in so many ways.  Prayers be with you. ~ J. David Payne

Okay, so it's Christmas 2005 and I am looking on the internet for Dan's  album, The First Christmas Morning.  In the process, I go to Dan's website and find out that he has  been battling prostate cancer.  Now, I'm convicted because I am  reminded that I missed my yearly prostate check in 2005 (my father was  diagnosed with it a few years ago and it was caught early, and he is still  alive).  So, I will be calling my doctor to set an appointment in January  2006. I saw all the messages about how Dan's music has touched so many and I have  to add my message because I have been touched as well.  My first encounter with Dan's music was through his hit song, "Part of the Plan".  When the  song was popular in 1975, I did not really get into the lyrics, but I loved the background vocals and when I heard the song on the radio, I would sing the background. In 1980, when I first heard "Longer", I was hooked.  I eventually  bought the "Phoenix" album and was taken with all the songs, especially the  imagery and resonance of "Heart Hotels".  But "Longer" has a special place in my memory because I got the opportunity to sing it in front of people on a couple of occasions. 
 
Also, I've seen Dan in concert twice.  Once at the University of  Illinois in 1981, and once at a venue called Poplar Creek near Chicago in  1988.  In '81 he was on tour with "The Innocent Age" (one of the best and  most underrated soft rock albums ever!).  I still sing "Hard To Say" in the  shower and in the car (lead and background vocals, which isn't easy) and "Same  Old Lang Syne" still gets played 5-10 times on my CD players during the  Christmas and New Year's holidays.  Dan also recorded what are, to me, obscure classics that barely got played  on the radio.  But these songs are special to me, as they are to many  others:"What You're Doing" from "Exiles"; "Aurora Nova/The Wild Places" from "The Wild Places"; "Magic Every Moment" and "Holy Road" (I really am  touched by the background vocals and the inspirational theme on this  one) from "River of Souls"; "Go Down Easy" (I imagine myself singing the harmony  vocal w/Dan on this one) from "High Country Snows"; "The Last to Know" (the  background vocals are again fantastic!), "Wishing on the Moon", and "Beggar's  Game" from
"Phoenix"; "Love Gone By" and "Promises Made" from "Nether  Lands". I could go on and on.  Dan's music has been one of the threads  running thru my life.  Last night, I listened to the complete "Nether  Lands" on
RealRhapsody for the first time.  (Boy, did he sing high notes back then!).  I just thank God for the talent and opportunity given to Dan  for our benefit.  And I will say a prayer for him and Jean in their walk of  life. ~ Will Bailey (a lifelong resident of Illinois)

Dear Daniel, Christmas time comes with so many emotions. I thank God for the wonderful news of your recovery and each day He gives you. At the same time, I can only imagine your pain at the lost of your dear friend, Michael Botts, who has shared your path for so many years. Now your life must continue the journey. Though his journey was cut short, his life now rests in the sweetness of peace, heavenly found. Your life now stepping to the beat of your own drum, heavenly bound. This life has so many bitter-sweet moments, even the sweetness of a rose is surrounded by painful thorns. Yet every new day is a reminder that each life and each day is a gift from God. And as our loved ones leave us from this world to the next, may we honor them, as we continue on our journey, doing all the good we can with all the means we have, giving God the thanks and glory, knowing, Immanuel, God's greatest gift is with us each step of the way. As your tears of sorrow turn to tears of joy, be of good cheer this season for your family in heaven and your family on earth celebrate with you as you step to the beat of your own drum, sharing Christ's love and truth in all that you do. May the blessings of Christ's peace, hope, joy and love find you and your family this season and everyday of the year. Merry Christmas! ~ Debbie

Dear Dan and Jean - I wish you both a very blessed Christmas and a healthy, happy New Year!  Dan, you are in my prayers every day for a complete recovery.  I hope and pray you are feeling well these days.  I have loved you since 1975 and have never stopped.  Back in the 70's my best girlfriend and I used to hang out and walk around the neighborhood throughout the summers, with her mini tape recorder listening to your music over and over all day long (year after year).  Those were the best summers of my life.  This Christmas I want to send you all my love and gratitude for enriching my life with your incredible, musical talent. You have been a blessing in my life since the beginning. All my love to you, Dan ~ Debbie/Chicago, IL

Best of luck to you in  your recovery.  I've loved your music for many years and pray you get well soon. Best regards ~ Merv Collins

Best wishes from Switzerland.(I'm living near the village, from where John August Sutter originally came). Your songs are in my soul... ~ Martin

Dan, I am the same age as you and feel in many ways that we have grown through adulthood together.  I just missed crossing paths with you at the start of your career when I was at the University of Illinois and discovered the Red Herring Coffee House where I understand you played, but never heard you.  In the years since, your music has been a companion on the journey, and helped me to verbalize some of the deeper questions we all face.  The Innocent Age has touched me so profoundly and is still one of my all-time favorites.  So as you have now faced your cancer and your mortality, I again feel a partnership with you at this stage of life.  Thank you for being a friend and guide on the journey.  As you continue on the artistic and spiritual quest that has been your life, my prayers are with you for healing and continued discovery.~ Bob Pech, Altadena, California

I will not be able to say anything new that someone else hasn't said, but I feel so compelled to just send my best, again, as a fan from the 70s, where I went to college and listened to you night and day. Now, at 49, I still force my husband to listen to me play "To the Morning" on piano.  So very rusty, but it moves me to no end.  My dearest college friend and I just heard "Same Old Lang Syne" on the radio yesterday as we were driving her
daughters around, sang at the top of our lungs, and loved telling them what you and your music did (and does) for us. "Just for a moment we were back in school".... We all just saw your last concert here in Kansas City at Starlight Theatre. As a 10 year breast cancer survivor, I believe we become a part of this odd Club.  I had a double mastectomy five days after our wedding in 1995, followed by chemo.  Things are great.  Point being, I found mine myself, so I was encouraged that you wrote about testing on your website. We all have to be aware and proactive. I, too, feel as if I came out a better person from it all. My best to you and your family and friends (they are the best!) and I'll continue to think good thoughts for you, especially as I wrap gifts of your CDs tonight.
~ Helen Ravenhill

Christmas Blessings Dan and Jean, May this most special time of year, a time I truly believe for miracles,
bring you much good health, strength, peace, and love.  Remember the one born this season is not only the reason for the season, but he cured the sick, healed the lame, brought sight to the blind.  You and your family are in my thoughts and prayers daily.  Your Christmas album is played daily.  I also extend to you my prayers and condolences on the loss of your friend Mike Botts.  There is an angel in heaven looking out for you.  Hang tough, keep on.  You will beat this.  Looking forward to hear you are still improving.  May you enjoy this wonderful time of year and may "Santa" grant your wishes.  Blessings ~ Susan

Dear Dan and Family, My sincerest wishes for a complete recovery coupled with a wonderful quality of life as you live it.  Only yesterday I heard you were ill. I saw you in the 80's in Iowa City, Iowa, the best concert of my life.  I dearly love how you tend to sing about my life whether you know it or not.  I have lived "Same Old Lang Syne."  In addition, I met an author at an Iowa City party last week.  She has written 1001 Reasons to Love Horses ("Run for the Roses").  Dan, you are my favorite male,soloist singer.  Thank you for sharing your talents and enriching my life.  My father who also has prostate cancer is doing well.  I promise to send my prayers, best wishes, and capitalize on all the belief systems I possess to help you continues on your healing, life journey.
Namaste ~ Jane Pech Balvanz

Dear Dan, May the Good Lord bless you. You are in our thoughts and prayers. Your music, your artistry has moved us for years. Thank you for the gift that is your spirit and soul. In 2001 I found my ancestral home site in Donegal. Ireland. When I found it your County Clare played in my heart. Just last weekend our first Grand child was born. Alannah which means Blessed Child in Gaelic is a blessing in our lives this Holiday season. We shared your music with our children as they grew. Today our son Bill, Alannah's father and a Doctor listens to The Innocent Age as we did when he was a child. Thank you for the gifts you gave us with your music. We wait with hope for the news of your full recovery. Monhegan awaits you. Be strong.Slan Tamall. Peace and Good Will,
~ Liam and Claudia Batty

Mr. Fogelberg, my wife and I have listened to your music for some time, and I have been a follower of yours since the very early years. Your skill in weaving music and words into five and ten minute "experiences" that bring a person into whatever subject you sing about are just extraordinary, and you truly deserve the title of "America's Storyteller". I have almost every one of your CDs, and you have been my inspiration to pursue music at home (I work a regular job) for some years. I can only hope to one day be able to construct a song or two that can reflect a hint of the creativity/talent you have shown for so long. We both pray your health continues fine, and thank God that He has allowed you to be around for a while longer, not only of course for your wife and family but for all of us who have been so moved by your music. May the Lord continue to strengthen you and inspire you to further touch our tattered world with song. Respectfully yours ~  Steve and Susan Nagel,  Birmingham, AL

Dear Dan,  I wish you and your family the happiest of holidays and a healthy New Year.  Your music has meant so much to me over the years, and "Same Old Lang Syne" brings back some special memories of an old boyfriend who passed away 18 years ago at the age of 24.  Luckily, I was able to have that same special time with him before he left this world.  I'm happy to hear that your health is improving and I wish you all the best always.  ~ Patti Smith/Long Island, NY

Dan, I was hooked on your music since my friend Jeff Newton (we called him "Fig") told me about your "Captured Angel" album when I was a sophomore in college in 1975.  My father had just died suddenly and unexpectedly at the age of 56, and I was going through a devastating time.  Music and dance were, and still are (aside from my love for Jesus and for my family) the most important elements in my life.  Anyway, Fig and I were discussing music one evening in December of 1975 during a break from final exams, and he asked,"Have you ever heard of Dan Fogelberg?"  When I answered no, he later played the album for me and I was literally "captured."  I've been a die-hard fan ever since and I've followed your music closely.  Your music has been a mainstay in my life for decades and I've seen you perform several times from Virginia to Arizona.  (And I also love photography, Sting, and Mozart.  When on long trips in the car, for instance, you, Sting and Mozart or Beethoven are my constant companions.) When my family took a 3-week trip a few years ago through Colorado and into the northwest, we played your "Greetings from the West" and "The Wild Places" CDs.  Wow --
what a trip, figuratively and literally.  Your music fit so perfectly with the visual explosion of the beauty we witnessed in that part of the country. God bless you, Dan, in your physical healing.  You yourself have been a blessing my life. Peace. ~ Lisa M. Houff, Bridgewater, Virginia

Dan: Thank you for taking the time as a youngster to practice playing the guitar. You probably gave up playing ball in the street with the other kids to sit in your room straining your fingers to make the chords sound
tolerable to your parents!  And now, several years later, we all get to enjoy the fruit of your labor.  I can recall playing "Phoenix" out of the box in 1980 as a DJ in the Detroit area.  The Program Director had "Heart Hotels" on the playlist and I always managed to sneak in the title track immediately after "Heart Hotels" concluded.  That was back in the days when radio was somewhat free-form.  Those were the days! May God continue to watch over your health! ~ Jay Campbell

Mr. Fogelberg,   I am 19 years old and I have been a fan of your music for as long as I can remember. I was sorry to hear about your prostate cancer and told those that I knew to pray for you. I was glad to hear that you are doing much better. You have been a intricate part of our family even though you did not know it.  When I was 7, my oldest brother, 14 at the time, was diagnosed with osteosarcoma, otherwise known as bone cancer. He was given a 10 percent chance of living through it. Your song "Run for the Roses" become his theme song. It helped my mother through many sleepless nights and gave my brother a sense of peace, that there was a purpose for his life even if he didn't make it through this. He went into remission and it came back 6 months later. He lost his right leg,hip, and pelvic.  I am pleased to say that he is now 26 years old and happily married. He is going through testing again as a precaution to make sure that everything is still okay. We still listen to your songs and my mom still cries, but we wanted you to know how much your music inspires people and how much you helped our family. Even though the song is about a horse in the Kentucky Derby, it has an
underlying message that my brother related to; everyone has a meaning, a purpose in their lives, and  nothing in life can ever fully prepare for it but that there are people who can help us.   We wish you well and rejoice in your times of happiness. We will continue to pray for you. We love you and wish you all the blessings and happiness life can bring. Wishing You Well ~  Rachel

Dan.... your music has touched and affected my life immeasurably!  You are gifted by God, and I thank you from the bottom of my heart for sharing it freely with the world. Your songs and melodies have enriched me, challenged me, and sent my soul soaring! I wish you the happiest Christmas, may the Love of God fill you to overflowing.  My prayers are with you in the Name of Jesus the Christ. ~ Willy

Dear Dan and Jean, Merry Christmas to you  and a Happy, Healthy New Year.  I am a 47  year old women who has battled so many life threatening medical issues and I know how it is to struggle through the PAIN, the Depression, the Recovery time.  One day I decided that I was indeed a survivor and that what time I have left on this earth, I am going to do my best each day to do things that mean something to me.  I am going to enjoy my family and friends, especially the little people in my life who bring me such joy just spending time with them. They get pleasure out of the simplest things. I am also going to enjoy my pets. I am going to enjoy my Husband and find humour  and happiness in every day we spend together.  I am going to love my mother because she truly is a wonderful woman and I cherish her. I want to tell you that your music gives me strength, makes me laugh, makes me cry, makes my  heart sing. Thank you. I pray for you when I pray, when I am listening to  your music, I stop and say a prayer for you. I pray that you continue to heal.  I feel you are my Friend, and I know you are a survivor too. God bless you.  May you find pleasure every day in everything you do. Sincerely ~ Brenda

Dear Mr. Fogelberg,   First off  I would like to say that my prayers from this moment, when I found out about your situation, will be be directed to you and yours daily. Even though I just found out, your persona, and your music has been with me always. You have touched my life in many ways, and I now will do my part in returning the favor. I will be 50 in 2 weeks, and plan to do just as you recommend. I am in medicine and know exactly what you are talking about. So God bless you ,and your family, Merry Christmas, and thank you for all the many years of adding to my life. Sincerely yours ~ Lee LeMond

Dan, My thoughts and prayers are with you for a speedy recovery.  I have enjoyed listening to your music for years.  I have also seen you perform at the Peoria Civic Center Theatre and Arena many times.  I very much enjoyed your boyhood stories that you told at your concerts.  I am hoping that you will have a complete recovery and can be back to doing all the things that you love to do very soon. Best wishes ~ Vicki

First of all, Our prayers are with you! Never under estimate the power of  prayer! I have two children,  who were probably conceived from your music. On a good night, friends and I play guitar and your music is always played. Badly, but, played. On a personal note...when all dark times have fallen on me,  I have leaned on the music of  you to spread my arms and reach. Your music is timeless, and you are a phoenix! ~  Chris

A continued wealth of love and health in the years to come. Your music always gets me through the tough times - must be part of the plan. Thank you for being so vocal about cancer screening - the men in my life are here because they heeded those messages. I'm listening to your Christmas album and feel reassured that the world IS a better place. My brother lives in Maine and I in Alaska on the ocean, too. It's a wonderful life! Merry Christmas from the end of the road. ~ kb

Dan,  Read about your cancer in the Parade magazine. I was diagnosed with prostate cancer in June 05. It was a real shocker. Mine was found early. No symptoms had showed up. I agree all men should be checked regularly. You and your family will be in our Prayers and God's speed in your cure or remission. They can do a lot anymore. ~ Ed,  Portland Oregon

Dan, thank you for music that speaks to me.  I have been listening to your music since I was a teen & can feel powerful messages throughout your songs.  You inspire me to be a better person.  You, and your family, are in my prayers.  Thank you again for being you. ~ Bob Corron

Dan - Am glad to hear that you're doing better.I hope that your mom is doing well too. I always admired her as one of the last real "ladies".  I was in your dad's band in Pekin, and still view him as one of the most influential people from my life there. Hope the New Year finds peace and health in your life. ~ Nicki (AKA Nora) from Durango, CO

Merry Christmas Dan and Jean and all your family.  I wish for you  health and happiness forever. ~ Carol

You are a exceptional singer/songwriter & musician, and tremendous  humble human being. Thanks for your music and your sermon about Prostate Cancer. I  have been recently diagnosed with the cancer, luckily my Gleason grading scale is moderate. I will be undergoing surgery in Jan 06. Life gets you wet and  sometimes cold.....gets you old! Wishing the Fogelberg family all the  best

Dear Dan and Jean, I wish you a happy Christmas and healthy new year. I was sorry to read about your friend. Take care and here´s to ".....another auld lang syne..." All the best ~ Johnny "B" Good in Seville, Spain