Just checking to see if there were any updates on how you are doing, Dan.   Just thinking of you, wishing you good things and hoping you are feeling well.  Keep fighting!!! ~ Dayna

I hope each day is a blessed one.  What does it take for all of us to live that way? Your music is an incredible gift.  I performed one of your songs last night. Peace ~ Phil Round

Dan, To put it simply, yours is the most gorgeous voice I have ever heard in all my life. As a singer and musician myself, I have been constantly moved, touched, and inspired by your songs. The voice that you have been blessed with staggers me with its beauty. I saw you in Maine in concert one summer, an all acoustic show. I was absolutely blown away.  You need no back-up, the majesty of your voice held me captive, almost motionless, the entire time. I sang along with you and felt that this was indeed one of the absolute peak moments of my life. Blessings, love and light to you and your family. May you recover fully and share many more years with those you love and who love you. With endless gratitude ~ Iliana

Dear Dan, I have loved your music throughout my life.  I thank you for your words that have lifted my heart and strengthened my mind.  I pray for you through this difficult time and wish you a speedy recovery. ~ Cheryl LaForest

Dear Dan: I was glued to every record of yours,especially Nether Lands and Captured Angel.  We are pulling for you like you cannot imagine.  I wish you a full and complete recovery and all the happiness in the world.  You should be damn proud of what you have done up to this point in your life. ~ Russ

Dan:  Here I am in a cubicle in Minneapolis with your "Home Free" CD playing in my ear.  I've known these tunes by heart for 30 years.  I've depended on the salve of your music since I was 16 and in love-and subsequently heartbroken.  Your melodies and lyrics have been so much a part of my life that they're part of my personality.  They are laced among the memories.  And I thank you for enriching my life.  May your recovery be swift and sure.  ~ Susan McKibbon, Minneapolis, MN

Musically, you've been a part of my life since high school. Like an old, dear friend, my prayers and good wishes are with you and your family. ~ Carol Burns

Dan, As with many of your fans, I first heard your music while in High School in San Juan Puerto Rico.  My family moved there while I was a senior in high school (February of my graduating year).  The move was not the easiest for me however it was on that tiny island in the Caribbean that a friend of mine introduced me to your music. Years passed, yet your songs always helped me feel at home.  Living overseas as an American is eye opening, as you know from your travels.  There are things which link you to familiar faces and places.  For me, it's been your music.  On web sites for my various schools, your music is mentioned as something we all enjoyed.  When I was in Brasil two years ago I was playing your music as I exercised in the gym.  One of the hotel workers came by and instantly recognized your work.  He said, in Portuguese, "Dan Fogelberg, he is very good".  Simple and true.Now grown, with children moving on, we share your songs.  They link us as a family.  For that, and all that you have done, I am thankful.

Jean, You must be a wonderful woman to have captured Dan's heart.  My prayer is that you two enjoy each day as it is given.  If it is not too much to ask, please keep us posted on Dan's progress as you see fit.  With respect ~ Tom

To Dan Fogelberg and family: I have just recently learned of your illness. Prayers go out to you and your family for a quick recovery.  Your music will live on into eternity.  I wish you well. (Love all your musical abilities and talents). Stay strong and live well and listen much. ~ Teresa Cooper

Dear Dan and Family,  I've listened to your music since the 70's and after reading your biography found we're two years apart in age. My thoughts and prayers are with you always. Your music has touched me so very much.  Whenever I'm lonely or sad your songs always make me feel better.  God Bless you. I think of you often. ~ Kathryn Voltz-McLain, R.N.

Dear Dan, I was listening to "Part of the Plan" tonight really loud and my 16 year old son came out and looked at me like I was crazy. It took me back in time and I got that same rush from the song and the words and how the music just carries you away. You are just so talented and it is an incredible gift to all of us. I too was so disturbed to hear of your health issues. I am praying right now that you will feel God's Love around you every minute. Please know that you are loved. Your music gives me hope and touches me in ways I can never get to intellectually. God Bless you and your family. Please send new word on how you are doing. ~ Barbara Rouse, Charlotte, NC

Dan, I have written before and continue to pray you are improving. I had a hard day today, I was reminded again of your thought let faith be your strength and love be your guiding star. Every now and then I get criticized for being an upbeat positive person. Your music got me through some hard years and I am happily married to the love of my life for 29 years.  Last year I fell and had a serious injury. I am fully recovered. Strangely enough, others who have never been grateful or happy, are even more surprised I have been healed and am even more happy.  I have to always prayer for patience with those who do not know love and strength as you. I like what Ghandi wrote, When we are busy  loving, we do not have time to judge. I live by that. Like you I love and am grateful for all I have.  God bless you, please know you saved my life with 
your music in the 70's before I found my wonderful husband, and then we dated to it.  With love and gratitude ~ J

I just took action and emailed all my representatives to stop budget cuts on cancer research.  I continue to pray for your full recovery and will do all I can in the arenas that are important - hence, research and cures.  Thank you for your music, your poetry and we light a candle for you every 48 hours.  Your music touched my heart since the  70s and have every one of them.  I cherish all of them thank you for all your music and we all hope you get well perfectly well and yes, we all wish you could return to the concert scene, for us, but if it would be detrimental to your long-term health then of course we hope you do not do that.  Be well and we continue to pray for you.

Dear Dan,  Looking at your biography I didn't realized until now that you were born in Peoria, IL. I was born in a small town 70 miles south of Macomb, IL and went to school at Western Illinois University. I first heard your Souvenirs album in college and have been a fan of yours since then. My prayers are with you and your family.  God bless you! ~ Karen Birch - Griggsville, IL

Dan, I cannot tell you convincingly enough what your music has meant to me over the years. I was first turned on to you in college (1974) and saw you open for the Eagles on the campus of the University of Cincinnati. Being a fan of Joe Walsh, I was intrigued by your style and voice, moved by your guitar and this concert was an epiphany for me. I sincerely hope you are recovering, in remission and on the road to good health. Please take care of yourself, heal and find some way to share your experiences and/or life story for those of us who truly wish to know you as a person, in addition to an amazing artist. Warmly ~ Mike Summers, Lancaster, Ohio

My thoughts and prayers are with you and your family. I was at your concert in Peoria, when the news came on you winning, I think it was best new recording star. The group I was with were proud and happy for you. It was like a family member winning an award. I hope in the future you will receive good news like this. God be with you. ~ Jim Hofer

Dear Dan, I just wanted you to know that you are in my prayers and thoughts. I just learned of your diagnosis. Fortunately, the big C word has come a long way in the area of treatment, so I know it's not the death sentence that it used to be. I have every confidence that you will be like the phoenix in your song and rise above this. Sincerely ~ Rita McAfee

I miss you, Dan.  I'm 47 (crazy) and started listening to you when I was 16.  My father had a recording studio in the SF Bay Area and I begged him to invite you to record there so that I could meet you....I was convinced you knew my heart.  I would go into my father's studio and put the head phones on and listen to your albums over and over again. Captured Angel was the first album I bought.  I have continued to be a true blue fan through out the years.  In fact, everytime I have seen you in concert (Mountain Winery in Saratoga, CA my favorite) I have felt like you should wave to me because surely
you know who I am (wishful thinking of course). When I die, people will say..."she loved Dan Fogelberg"...and I do.  It's easy to love someone who has touched your soul with art, words, passion.  My son is now a "rock star" in SF and every once in awhile his band will do a country rock kind of piece....I just know that all of that Dan Fogelberg music I played rubbed off on him somehow.  I love ya Dan and I feel like you are part of my family.  I'm praying that God's Perfect Will continue to bless you in this life and the life He has prepared for you in the future.  Definitely your biggest fan (at least I
thought so until I read this blog...everyone loves you!) ~ Rochelle from Cali

I wrestled with your talent and music for many years. As a talented singer-songwriter who after many years of trying I never got a break in the music industry  I was jealous of your success for a long time. About 5 years ago I had a powerful spiritual experience in mountains outside of Steamboat Springs, Colorado. Meditating in a valley a wonderful sense of oneness drenched me to my very core, I found true peace that I never knew existed before. I  realized then it's not who you are in life but how you live life day to day. I learned what your music really speaks of Dan: "humility". I know now that even
though I will never be a star like you what's more important is having gratitude for the life I've been given. Your songs have taken on new meaning through out  the years, echoing my personal and spiritual growth. My wife and daughter become the fountain by which I drink to enliven my passions. I see them joining with yours in their faith and hope strong for
your recovery. Dan if ever there was a need for a miracle it is now. This is our prayer. That God with his divine intervention find you the healing grace to burn the cancer out of you. We ask this in Jesus  name, amen. ~ John Seitz, Chicago

Dan, I have been a fan of yours forever, and now that my children are grown, my husband was going to take me to one of your concerts.  When I found out about your cancer, my first thought was for your well being, and it continues to be so.  I have been checking the website for years, and this is the first I have decided to write to you. For selfish reasons of my own, I hope you return to the stage. More importantly, I pray for your continued recovery and want to tell you I have had health problems of my own.  What has helped me is my faith, and I have chosen to look at what I HAVE and not what I don't have. It really is as simple as that. Blessings and hugs, Dan ~ Debi

Dear Dan: Gosh ~ I 've never written any fan mail before in my life ~ but I "grew up" on you ! "Grow up" meaning most of my adult "growth" years were spent enjoying your music. You have been a part of my life  for so many years. . I have attended many of your concerts, and listened for many hours to your music, loving your gift of words, music and appreciating your appreciation and longing for love. How I loved listening to your heart in the songs you wrote. Feeling as though I "knew" you in some strange way.  I went to your website  tonight  after listening to your CD  which I hadn't heard in "many moons." I was shocked to hear of your plight. . I'm so very sorry, I'm 3 years late. May you be well and recover.May strength, peace and comfort fill you and your wife. May blessings follow after you and lead your way in every way. I have loved you and so loved your gift of words and music. Peace, well being, long life and health be yours and your wife ~ Nancy Cooper

OK Dan--- We're missing you out here.  Wouldn't be sitting in front of a computer to draft what could be deemed silliness; writing a letter to such an amazing talent such as yourself, but the 'net has nothing new about you.   Since a kid in '72 I was captivated by your writing, your playing----song after song it captured the thoughts and emotions of my own heart in those years so crucial to a young person's success.  No doubt you've heard it be-zillions of times that "you saved my life" as a teenager.  You certainly did mine.  " Part of the Plan", "Below the Surface", "Looking for a Lady"-- the page isn't long enough.  "The Lion's Share" was the first song that popped in to my crying mind when my dear mother died in 1998.  You've just been there. I can only imagine where you are with such a horrible brush with cancer and I pray you are well.   At 44 now, I heard for the first time the word "cancer" regarding my own health.  And also that of my youngest sister.  We're lucky.  We're also like you; scared, encouraged, brave, contemplative, angry, hopeful.......all of those emotions that you so
strongly stirred in your writing.

Bless you and your family at this time.  I listen to your legacy very often, and hope that you will be well enough physically and emotionally to spend some time with those of us whom your talents changed and positively impacted........forever.  What a tremendous legacy at that. Blessings ~ Sarah Jean Adams