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Short video about our family and her cancer journey made to go with the Wesleyan Life article.
Crystal sharing lessons learned with leaders at a European Wesleyan Conference in the U.K.
Crystal speaking in a session at the Alive Women's Conference.

Slow Down by Nicole Nordman

rewritten by Abigail Blake

Verse 1

Here’s to you
I was pink or blue
And everything you wanted
Here’s to you
Never sleeping through
From midnight till the morning
Had to crawl, before I walked, before I ran
Before you knew it
I was trying to free my fingers from your hand
Cause I could do it
On my own now
Somehow

Chorus

Slow down
Can’t we stay here a minute more
You know I wanna walk through that door
But it’s all too fast
Let’s make it last a little while
You pointed to the sky and now I wanna fly
I am your biggest fan
I hope you know I am
But do you think we could somehow
Slow down

Verse 2

Here’s to you
All my dreams came true
And everyone was happy
Here’s to shopping days and softball plays
And watching Netflix Sundays
Had to crawl, before I walked, before I ran
Before you knew it
When cancer came into your life we all
Held hands through it
When you’re feeling blue
We’ve got you

CHORUS

Bridge

Please don’t roll your eyes at me
I know you’re embarrassing
But someday I’ll understand
And I’ll hold a little hand
Ask them if they can

Verse 3

Here’s to you
Ten years quickly flew
But I still really miss you
Here’s to you
I hope that I grew
Into a person who knew
That your love, and that your strength, was all from God
Who held you through it
And now that you are gone, I look back to
The time you knew it
All the pain in you
Would leave soon

Chorus 2

Just slow down
Couldn’t we stay here a minute more
I knew I had to walk through that door
It was all too fast
Couldn’t it just last a little while
I had to say goodbye, but now you’re free to fly
I am your biggest fan, forever that I am
And I still wish we could somehow
Have slowed down