Heaven forbid we have anything like (Hurricane) Katrina, where it takes forever to help people. A community full of people my age needs all the help it can get.

I put my hand on the altar rail. 'What if ... what if Heaven is real, but only in moments? Like a glass of water on a hot day when you're dying of thirst, or when someone's nice to you for no reason, or ...' Mam's pancakes with Toblerone sauce; Dad dashing up from the bar just to tell me, 'Sleep tight, don't let the bedbugs bite'; or Jacko and Sharon singing 'For She's A Squishy Marshmallow' instead of 'For She's A Jolly Good Fellow' every single birthday and wetting themselves even though it's not at all funny; and Brendan giving his old record player to me instead of one of his mates. 'S'pose Heaven's not like a painting that's just hanging there for ever, but more like ... Like the best song anyone ever wrote, but a song you only catch in snatches, while you're alive, from passing cars, or ... upstairs windows when you're lost ...

We hope to be able to give our fans an opportunity to help our community and victims of the hurricane,

If Coach needs me at the three or the two - heaven forbid - I'll be ready,

It's a really good program, good people. They help people get back on their feet and back into the community ... pregnant mothers, families in crisis and transition, domestic violence victims.

The response was just amazing. So many people from the community stepped up to help, the numbers are just tremendous. The whole community came out and really gave everything they had.