I love this picture of you and Boey,,,,

Boey purchasing a few Daughtry CD's

ROCK STARS!!

I wonder how many of your fans know how you called Boey and sang to her during Chemo...your such a good soul....God Bless you.

Last night on ABC was the repeat of the episode of Extreme Makeover Home Edition that featured Boey and her family. I had seen it in its original airing but did not make the connection until last night. At the end they dedicated it to Boey. It was so sad watching this beautiful little girl knowing what the future held for her. She was such a fighter. My heart goes out to the Byers family, I have a daughter the same age and I can't even imagine what they are going through. They are in my prayers. Just from the little I saw of her last night I could tell what a remarkable child she was.

That is exactly what I said at my mom's funeral. That God's grace to allow her to "come home" was His healing. Sometimes God does things we will not and cannot ever understand. Thank you for your wisdom and I pray God will heal the familys' broken hearts and yours.

Joy

Chris,
I hope you see this. I've been trying to reach you through different
resources, but to no avail. We are hoping to hear from you over at the campaign
site. America needs you Chris to speak out for universal healthcare
like John Mellencamp did.....no child should ever suffer.
No human being should suffer. We all deserve to be treated fairly.

Elizabeth Edwards has cancer, she could really use your voice, a fellow
North Carolina resident! I hope you see this, I know headquarters would
love to hear from you in N.C.

Bless you, Chris

www.johnedwards.com

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"Don't be afraid that your life will end, be afraid that it will never begin."

I pray the very minimal years she spent here on earth were filled with music, joy and happiness.
Blessings to you and the family...

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"Don't be afraid that your life will end, be afraid that it will never begin."

My heart goes out to the family first and foremost.
And Chris this is why we love you, yes we love your muic but we adore you and your spirit.
your just like all of us. thank you for be an insperation to all brother

Cody Baker

you are such a good man chris.your words were ever so touching,so heart felt.i am sure to say you have a proud family.oregon loves daughtry.please come back.

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khia

but I am truely touched by what you wrote Chris! You are a man of great strength and of strong faith! What you wrote was beautiful and as much as she touched your life, you in return touched hers!
My thoughts and prayers go out to her family and friends. As a mother myself my heart goes out to you all! May you all find the strength and her strength to get through this!

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Heather M. (Tothkinson)

Rocked w/Daughtry and LOVED it:
Portland, Or. 2/07
Seattle, Wa. 8/07
Salem, Or. 9/07
Puyallup, Wa. 9/07
VEGAS 4/08!!!!!!!

It is always hard for me to read about young people that have to deal with cancer. I went through Chemo and Radiation for Colorectal Canser a year ago and the one thing that always got me when I was at the hospital was looking at the children. At that age, they don't really know what is going on and why it happened. I always found it heroic how young kids and older adults get through. As a 28 year old at the time in pretty good shape I had a lot of strengh to get through and other people fighting this terrible disease, as well as my family inspired me to fight with everything I had. Like Jimmy V said, "Don't ever give up!" God bless you Boey, the suffering is now over!

I Just read this and I wanted to say how sorry I am for your loss. I pray for the lord to give you strenth and help you through this hard time. if there is anything I could do to help I am here Please don't hesitate.

God Bless you all
and again I am so sorry
Tasha

I have read Boey's blog and saw her family on Extreme Makeover. I was inspired and I never got the chance to meet her. So you guys must have been truly touched by an angel. She seemed so strong and determined for such a small girl. She is a true Warrior. God Bless her and her family at this difficult, difficult time.

These kids are true miracles and have a great purpose in their short lives. About six years ago my mom worked with a five year old boy who had cancer (I can't remember where it start, but it ended up in his spine). He was expected to live for three weeks after he was diagnosed, but he lived a whole year after it! I was going through my own illness with Fibromyalgia and this little man truly inspired me and opened my eyes. He actually comforted his parents after his diagnosis. He went up to them and said, "Mommy, daddy, it's okay, I'm going to go play with Jesus." God, I miss that little boy and can't help but wonder who he'd be today. God Bless him and Boey, and all the children who face this pain. They're stronger and braver than most of us.

R.I.P. Boey & Matteo

My family and I express our condolences to the Boey's family. It is never easy to lose a loved one, especially when it is a child. We don't know why the good Lord chose to take Boey home. But He has His reasons and when the time is right, He will let us know. God let Boey join this earthly plain for only a short time, but look what she has accomplished in the 8 years she has been with us, and the many lives she has touched. He has given this little trouper a special mission, and even though it is extremely difficult to bear, she has fulfilled that mission He sent her on and has called her home.

May the Good Lord Bless and keep you all in his care and may He console you and let you know how much happier Boey is now that she is with Him. And know this, she is watching over her family, especially her Mother and Father and will always watch over them...She is their special angel, and ours as well.

My heart goes out to you...God Bless You.

Love and hugs, too!

Elena

My heart is truley saddened by your loss. I first seen Boey when your family was on Extreme Makeover Home Edition. I think that I have never cried so hard in my life. Just to see her strength, and compassion, even with what she was enduring, she stood strong. Sometimes we are given the blessing of life, and then when we have fullfilled our purpose on earth that God has chosen for us, it's time to move on to help someone else, I feel that is where Boey is now. She is helping thousands of children, and parents face this terrible interuption of life. Death is not the end, but maybe in someway a new beginning. That's what I pray for every day. Maybe death just takes away the pain, wipe the slate clean to start fresh. I know that she is here watching all the love that is being taken for granted. Never let a day go by, and not say I love you to the ones that mean the most, you might not get to say it again

A Special One
God gave my sister a child, a son
And they could tell, he was a special one
With eyes as blue, as the heavens above
A little man, for her to love
There wasn't much time, for them to spend
For his life on earth, was coming to an end
It wasn't that God didn't care
He knew the heartache they would share
The tears and anger of losing him so young
When his new little life had just begun
She couldn't understand, when the last day came
His blue eyes, just weren't the same
Something was wrong, she knew this too well
While up in heaven, there twinkeled a bell
God reached down his hand, and took him away
Took him to heaven, to heaven to stay
And to this day, they still wonder why
And many nights, they often cry
And even though baby Health is far away
The love they shared, shall always stay
So my sister please don't cry
For to the heavens, baby Health did fly
God shall protect him and keep him from harm
Forever in heavens light, so soft and so warm
And still you may wonder, why God took your son
But you see, god knew he was a special one

Written for my sister Bonnie With much love {angi}

I am so sorry to hear about Boey. I can only image what her family is going through. The pictures that her family have of better days will always bring a smile to their faces. Let's remember the good instead of the bad!
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Brandi B

I'm sure it means the world to this family that you took time out to send your thoughts out to them and their family. You are an amazing person to do something like that, and we truly are granted a gift from GOD when we are given life! Dont take anything or any moment for Granted!!! This family will be in my prayers also!

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myspace.com/bamahottie77 & http://groups.myspace.com/dailydoseofdaughtry

I just checked my yahoo email, and I swear it was Boey's work even STILL because I received a petition from Care2 petitions and it was for St. Judes Children's Hospital. Please sign for Boey and get all your family and friends to sign!
http://www.thepetitionsite.com/takeaction/906520270

i am so sadden by this news. I remeber reading about Boey on "mrdaughtry.com" ever since Chris was in Idol and now i cant believe she's gone. =( May God give the Byers family the strenghth they need to go on. my deepest sympathy goes out to them! =(

Our hearts and our prayers go out today and forever to the Byers Family and especially to Boey, May God Bless her and keep her close to those passes family members awaiting her in his kingdom.
Your little boey has given thousands of people courage and hope that otherwise would have none, her unfortunate and tragic passing has affected so many in so many possitive ways, we will remember her,all the lives she touched and keep her in our hearts forever.
It's ironic really, we raise our children to grow strong, to be courageous, and become productive, giving and caring citizens,
But the truth is that in reality they are ones that give us strength with their unfailing courage and generous amounts of unconditional love, I think we lose that when we grow up, we become garded and tainted by lifes cruel lessons.
Then some little angel captures our attention and our hearts by being a becon of what we wanted to grow up and be for others as an example and proof that there is a light at the end of the tunnel, So why does it take the loss of an innocent precious child who has not even begun their life journey for us to find strength?
Why don't we notice the adult suffering equally? Think back to all the news headlines of people who died tragically, do you remember any of the adults? I'll bet you remember "baby Jessica" being pulled out of the hole, and "Jon Bona Ramsey" her abrupt death, I can think of many more child tradgedies, but I don't remember many if any adult headlines that have impacted us as deeply as the loss of little boey.
GOD BLESS YOU CHRIS FOR GIVING BOEY THE CHERISHED MEMORIES THAT HER PARENTS CAN SMILE ABOUT UNTIL THEY ARE REUNITED IN GODS HOUSE.
YOU TRYELY ARE AN INSPIRATION FOR ALL OF US, BEING A CELEBRITY DOESN'T MEAN YOU CAN'T BE HUMAN.
I THINK A LOT OF STARS FORGET THAT.
YOU ARE PROOF THAT PEOPLE DO STILL CARE ABOUT THOSE AROUND US, EVEN IF WE WON'T GET ANYTHING IN RETURN EXCEPT LOVE.
THERE IS TOO MUCH MATERIALISM ON PEOPLE'S MIND TODAY, NOT ENOUGH GIVING JUST BECAUSE.

GOD BLESS YOU CHRIS,
GOD BE WITH YOU BOEY.

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"It's not how you begin, but how you choose to end, that makes us who we are"

Life is so simple, and no one can truly appreciate what people go through with diseases unless they have experienced it first hand. And, when you do, it's amazing what you learn.
I have experienced a little girl very similar to this, my little sister, she has changed my life and it still continues to amaze me how she went along with life as if nothing was wrong with her.

My deepest sympathy to the Byers family for their most difficult loss.

Deb Barnes

My deepest sympathies are with you today and always. God bless you.

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North Carolina loves Daughtry! <3



There is this Black Hole

Do you ever feel like you are drowning?
And there is no one on shore to pull you out.
There is this black hole, and I'm slipping fast.
I really don't know which way to turn.
Do I let go and just fall, or do I keep hanging on?
Hoping and praying that someone will see me and help me to shore.
There is this black hole.
I can see it, feel it, taste it in my mouth.
It's a terrible and pungent smell and taste.
And if I let go, what happens then?
Do I just go away, no more pain, no more emptiness, no more nightmares?
I know that there is someone out there who would save me.
But why are they not on shore, maybe I don't exist for them anymore.
There is this black hole.
It's my heart and in my soul.
I feel so very empty and so very, very alone.
I fear that my heart no longer has a home.
I can't get this taste from my mouth, this smell from the air that I breathe
And I am slipping fast, so where are you?
You know who you are, what you mean to me.
Please help me, please, I love you.
Without you on shore, I have but one place to go.
There is this black hole.
And I have no where to go.

The first time I heard of Boey was the same week that I was diagnosed with stage II breast cancer, and was fired from my job. Cancer is so unfair. The fight in this little girl was a light for me that week. She is with the angels now, and has no more pain. I have taken my pain and put it to words, so maybe some of these words can comfort other in some way. Thank you Chris for all that you are and all that you do. I will use your life light to look to. God does grant miracles.

Wow Chris too be in your shoes must be hard at times......You are a inspritation to many to have touched this little girls life. Thank god she had someone as loving as you to have looked up too,
my prayers go out to her family and as I say again you should be very proud to have a little girl with such courage to have looked up to you, you are the man chris and hopefully you continue to touch others lives!! Take Care, You deserve everything you have worked for!! We all love you!!

I am very saddend to hear about the loss of Boey at such an early age. I am also sorry for all of the pain that her little body and mind had to endure. But from everything that I have read it seems that we all could stand to learn something from her and that is Dtermination and Courage, that whenever we may go through things in our life we must persevere and move foward to make our mark in this world and inspire as many lives that we can. Boey accomplished just that INSPIRATION !! I am trying to accept my loss of almost a year ago it never seems to get better and my prayers and thoughts are with the family during this time. I know that Ray is looking out for Boey in heaven and they are looking out for us
.Rest In Peace Little Angel

I was saddened to read about such a tragic story. I am sorry that the Byers had to go through such a situation. I never got the chance to meet Boey,but from the things I read on here I am sure she was an inspiration to be around and to know. It is nice to know that people at such a young age can still go on and be strong through such a tough situation,and it seemed like she made the best of her life. Like Chris had stated, we should all learn from how she was and live life to the fullest as she did.
I am so happy to hear that she got the opportunity to meet Chris in her lifetime. It is a shame that an innocent life was taken from us! I am sure she was looking down at Chris writing this comment to her and I know she would be smiling to know he loved her!!
May god bless the family as they get through this. My prayers go out to them.

Rebecca
rmb2124@yahoo.com

I have had Boey in my thougths and prayers for the past couple of years, ever since I read about her on the Absent Element site. I am so sorry to hear about your loss of your little girl, my heart aches for all of you. May you find peace and comfort in knowing that Boey is with God now and in no more pain. She has got to be loving every minute of it! I will continue to pary for you all that God will bless you and give you unwaivering somfort in knowing that you will see her soon!

With much love,
Beth

To the Byers family, you have our deepest sympathy, our hearts, and our prayers in this difficult time. I didn't know Boey personally, but I'm sure she has touched the lives of so many, including Chris, and I'm sure all are greatful for the chance to have met such a brave and wonderful little girl. Although she is in Heaven now, she will always be with you in your hearts and memories. A beautiful little angel.

God Bless your family and may Boey rest in peace. ♥

You always got to remember your loved ones because you never know whats got to happen

Just want to let you know that Boey and her family will be in our prayers.

chris i'm so proud of you so proud of your courage i lost somebody that was very close to me myself but i happy shes "kickin it with jesus" and my close friend man

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I am Hardcore

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No matter how young or old cancer truly has no prejudice but to lose a child so full of life and innocence seems far too unjust. My deepest sympathy from myself and my family goes out to the Byers family, may Boey's spirit live on forever and may her courage be inspiration to all those who must endure this same battle.

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Brandy Wilcox

thank you so much Chris for posting such a touching message on the site about Boey. What an inspiration she is to many children battling illness and may her grace and beauty live on forever.

Perhaps a Boey inspired Daughtry song is in the future?

Rest in peace dear Boey and deepest sympathy to the Byers family.

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Rocking '07 at: Troy 3/17, NYC 3/19, Six Flags 5/20, GMA 6/1/07; Saratoga Springs 7/8, Mansfield 7/13, The Early Show 9/12, Albany 9/13, Big E 9/15, Boston 9/29, Raleigh 10/20, Newark 11/4, NYC 12/4, Tom's River 12/7, Reading 12/8 & Foxwoods 12/9

Chris,
I cried as I read your very touching, sincere message about little Boey. I hope you write a song about her. I agree with you that she is with God and 100% healed.
Thank you, Chris for caring like you do. You are like no other
Star in the world, and that's why we
are blessed to have YOU in our lives - FOREVER!
God Bless You
and your family,
Cathy

Chris it seems like you were such a light in Boeys life....She has touched so many people...Even if they didnt know her personally....

Your words were so touching, and probably mean so much to her family....

It certainly reminds us to love without regrets and live each day to the fullest....

Boey you were loved and will be missed!!!

Toni :)--

Shout out to all things DAUGHTRY!!!!
www.myspace.com/puppydog202

Boey's family was my friend on myspace and it saddens me to hear the news. I find comfort in the thought that she is now with God and he is protecting her from harm and she is 100% safe in his arms. My love, prayers and thoughts go out to the family. Chris you are an angel and I'm happy you reached out to this little girl.

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OPEN UP THE BOOK U BEAT ME WITH AGAIN
"Breakdown"

I have never seen a celebrity reach out and care like you do.Im am so saddened by the death of this beautiful little girl.You made her so happy, you have a beautiful soul Chris,never change.My prayers go out to the Byers family.God bless them and be with them.God bless you as well.

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Judy