W h e n y o u ’ r e h o n e s t w i t h y o u r s e l v e s a n d o t h e r s , y o u c a n a v o i d m i s u n d e r s t a n d i n g - a n d s a v e y o u r s e l f a l o t o f t i m e . ” f r o m D o n n a ’ s c u r r e n t b o o k : M Y P R A Y E R F O R Y O U ©

Hi Everybody!Donna has been a busy busy busy busy busy girl! Her current book, MY PRAYER FOR YOU was a HUGE success at her book signing event for Barnes and Noble in February. A special thank you to Chris and Don Dozier, Nancy Wetzel, Sheila Maddox, Ron Tavares and Cindy (employee of Barnes and Noble) for your invaluable assistance to help make things run smoothly. Be sure to read the article in this UPDATE about the event. More exciting news….Donna will soon have another book and calendar coming out before the end of this year!!!!!In addition to Blue Mountain Arts projects that Donna’s been working on, Channel 5, our CBS station here in Nashville did a lengthy interview with Donna about bringing the GRAMMYs back to Nashville. If you’d like to see the interview and read more about it, go to the linked website I gave you in the article of this UPDATE to link up to the video interview.We’ve had questions concerning the 2016 CMA Festival. No, there are no plans for Donna to be there this year. Her travel obligations and rigorous deadlines on various projects must take priority. We appreciate your understanding. We wish you a safe trip and a wonderful fun time for you if you are making the journey.Thanks for all the orders of her current book, MY PRAYER FOR YOU. The fan club had to reorder several times to keep up with the demand. I can’t wait to read her new book from this series. It’s called MY PRAYER FOR YOU, MY FRIEND. And also I’m excited about having the new DF calendar for 2017…..entitled CEL-EBRATE EVERY DAY. I will send out an email blast as soon as we know about availability. ~ Linda Cottingham

Donna agrees with the mayor of Nashville that the Grammys should be brought back to Nash-ville. The Grammys were hosted here in 1973 - the year Donna was nominated and earned her Grammy for “Best Country Vocal Perfor-mance by a Female.” She was also nominated for 2 Grammys for Best Country Song.….....for “Happiest Girl” and one for “Funny Face.” Reporter, Jesse Knutson of News Channel 5 in Nashville, conducted an in-depth interview with

Donna discussing memories of her successful and award winning career, how it felt to win the Grammy, and why the Grammys should be brought back to Nashville. You can see the newscast video that was aired after the 2016 Grammy Awards on Channel 5 and read about the interview by going to the the following link: http://www.newschannel5.com/news/could-the-grammy-awards-return-to-nashville-local-politicians-and-musicians-are-hoping-so?autoplay=true

“Life itself is a reason to be happy. Love your life. See this new year as YOUR year. Each day has 1440 minutes in it reserved just for you. Make every one of them count, every one of them beautiful, and enjoy each one with all your heart” From Donna’s 2017 calendar...Celebrate Every Day©

Donna with her rehab therapist friend, Merlinda Reyes (left) and above Donna visists with Janice (Mrs. Larry) Gatlin

It was a difficult day when we had to say goodbye to another country music legend. “The loss of Merle Haggard is so great for country music and all country music fans. He was the real deal. Pure country. The sweetest guy, and such a great talent.” ~Donna Fargo

SUMMER READING LIST

What better way to fill your summer days than to curl up with six of Donna’s books? If not for you, then a gift to somebody you know. Order your personally autographed copies from www.DonnaFargo.com

Donna’s books also can be ordered through your local book stores and Amazon.com

Greeting Card Releases2016 Spanish-language Mother’s Day CardsSSM438.1: “Para mi hermana…” (redesign of SSM438; also MBM832)SSM441.1: El Dia de la Madre es un gran dia para…” (redesign of SSM441; also MBM829)SSM455: “Mi plegaria para ti en el dia…” (new in Spanish; also MBM837)

Classic Blue Mountain Arts Cards (release May 2016)CBM411: “Girlfriends Live In Each Other’s Heart…” (redesign of CBM211)CBM498: “Your Birthday Is The Perfect Time To…..” (redesign of CBM298)

Charm Card (release May 2016)CC109: “There’s A Bond Between Girlfriends…” (also CBM532)

Sculpted Cards (release June 2016)HW581: “A Birthday Is…A Gift of Life..” (redesign of HW381)HW639: “Happy Birthday to My One-of-a-Kind…” (new)

2016 Summer Cards (release June 2016)NHS709: If My Prayers For You Are Answered…” (new)NHS712: “I’m So Lucky To Have You For A Friend” (new)NHS714: “365 Days of Birthday Wishes Just For You” (was CH132)NHS716: “You’re The Best Thing That Ever…” (also VBM540)

Gift ReleasesMagnet - exclusive release for Cracker Barrel onlyMR275: “I Thanked God For You Today” (also CBM406)Mother’s Day Miniature - exclusive release for Walgreens onlyWMN301: “My Perfect Mother” (also MIN409)

2017 Calendar ReleasesCelebrate Every Day by Donna Fargo (new) - for release in USA and UKFrom Dream Big, Stay Positive and Always Believe In Yourself - for release in USA and UKAugust poem: “Dream Big, Stay Positive, and Believe…” (no card)From Follow My LeadMarch poem: “Make every day a day to celebrate life” (no card)From Good Friends Come Along Once In A Lifetime - for release in UKJanuary poem: “The Gift of True Friendship” (was SEC442)From A Hug for Every Day of the YearSeptember poem: “Thank You for Being Such A Beautiful…” (was PP156)1From Mom, Thank You For A Lifetime of Love - for release in USA and UKMay poem: “Mother, You’re Such a Special Lady” (was GP623)From Sisters Are ForeverJanuary poem: “Sisters Carry Each Other in Their Hearts” (alsoCBM206November poem: “What Would I Do Without a Sister Like You?” (also WC799)From Sisters Are Forever Friends - for release in UKFebruary poem: “Sisters Carry Each Other in Their Hearts” (also CBM206)From To The Best Mom - for release in USA and UKNovember poem: “Mother, You’re Such A Special Lady”(was GP623)From With God by Your Side… August poem: “Blessed Are You” (no card)

Donna’s book MY PRAYER FOR YOU was such a suc-cess that there will be a series of these books! MY PRAYER FOR YOU, MY FRIEND will be the second in this series to be released. Donna is working non-stop to put the fi nal touch-es on it now. More information will come in our Fall Donna Fargo Update and through an email blast. Also coming in the fall CELEBRATE EVERY DAY, a new 2017 calendar that

will feature Donna’s writings. A big congratulations to you Miss Donna! We can’t wait until they both come out! Just in time to get our early Christmas and birthday lists together! !

“My prayer for you, my friend, is that you always remember a truth that’s as old as time itself.....all things are possible when you believe.....and may you know without a doubt that you are worthy, you are deserving, and you are loved.” from Donna’s NEW book, My Prayer For You, My Friend.©

“Be on your own side, not against yourself. This is the only life you’ve got. Live it wisely and responsibly, and always be your own best friend.” from Celebrate Every Day© calendar

birthday lists together! !

It was such a pleasure to be at your book signing and meet you for the fi rst time! You are a sweetheart. ~ Tonya Graybeal JacksonOh Donna.... I just LOVE my 2016 calendar - My Prayer For You. It’s so beautifully illus-trated, and I love the wide spaces that I can write in, but most of all, I love your writing. I look forward to your next book and/or calendar!! ~ Chris DavenportIt was SOOOO GREAT SEEING YOU!!! BTW, Vania MsVee Edwards sends her LOVE and has read the book already! She just got it yesterday!!! SHE LOVES IT!!! THANKS for all the WONDERFUL MEMORIES!!! LOVE YOU!!! ~Everett Drake When I get down. I like to read what you wrote for the month of May (in your 2016 calendar) and I read it often. ~Sheraton Johnson

It was good seeing Donna and her fan club people. Need more books for next signing. A good time for all who were able to attend! ~Rena Tessier“Thank you so much for your book. I’ve already started reading it and know it is full of wisdom and inspiration.” ~ Chandler SwopeDonna, I pretend you wrote “Don’t Ever Forget What A Treasure You Are” to me. It’s such a beautiful poem. ~Dana PlassmeyerI’m not a particularly religious person but I fi nd that the words in your books and calendars encourage me to take time to pray everyday, and I appreciate that. The month of March in your 2016 calendar tells me I can make it, so I love that. Thank you for touching my heart. ~Carrie FletcherDonna, I don’t know if you’ll ever see my letter...but I have to at least try. I’m embarrassed to say I didn’t know who you were until my mom gave me the complete set of your books for my birthday....with each one being autographed to ME!!! After reading all of them - many times over, I think I might be addicted. I can hardly wait to turn the page to see what’s coming next. Never have I felt so touched by words on a page. You give me encouragement to think I can do anything I want to do. You give me a different perspective on life that makes me think in more than one way. You have said that the greatest gift is love. I didn’t believe that really but it makes me want to open my heart again after it’s been broken. You make me want to trust in myself again, and you make me think that everything is going to be alright. I have since gone to YouTube and your website to fi nd out all I could about you. I have listened to much of your music. It comes to no surprise that you have written almost all the songs on your albums. What a powerful song “That Was Yesterday” is! I hope you never stop writing. I look forward to whatever comes next. And Donna..... I Prayed For You Today. ~Connie Hess

The Story Behind the Song

I always like to explore the depth of an inspired idea that has any truth in it for me or others I know personally. The reason I wrote the spoken “disclaimer” at the front was so that listeners would keep their balance when they listened to it. Music is a way to touch the soul, to make people feel the way we all may feel at times when we have to deal with rejection and heart-ache. Sadness shared, like happiness, is a way that brings us all together, especially when the words and feelings that music touches in us speaks to us.The important thing is to keep balanced, to remember that all we have is our life and each person has the right to live it the way he or she wants to. It’s so important, too, not to alienate ourselves too much because people with all our different ideas help us to keep our emotional well being. We can’t make people love us - love must come from the depths of the heart and be shown and given freely. All we can do for someone we love who perhaps doesn’t love us is pray for them and their happiness and wish them well. This song is about the hardcore heartache of disappointment without the balance of time and experience and understanding and maturity......Thank you for the question. ~Donna

Have you ever listened to a Donna Fargo song and thought to yourself...gosh, I’d like to ask her why she wrote a particular song or what was she thinking about when she wrote that song or what did she mean by a particular phrasing she used or what is the backstory of a song? Donna does get a lot of questions like these.....sooooo, that is how this section of the newslet-ter was born. Periodically, we will feature one or more questions like the one below. If you have a question you’d like to ask Donna, send it to us via email to Donna FargoFanClub@att.net or DonnaFargo@att.net or snail mail to Post Offi ce Box 210877, Nashville, TN 37221.

Donna, I am such a big fan of all your music. It brings back such sweet memories. It’s so pos-itive, inspiring, and uplifting.....but there’s one very sad song you wrote that has me scratch-ing my head. Why did you write the suicide song called “Forever Is As Far As I Can Go”?

Thank you so much for all your sweet comments about my books, calendars, and songs. I appreciate your support more than I know how to say. I love you so much. ~ Donna