 We are coming to you live from my home, Office in Makiki, and from the studios of Think Tech Hawaii, which is located in downtown Honolulu. I would like to share with you that I was so honored to receive the Host of the Year Award for 2020 from Think Tech Hawaii. Mahalo once again to Jay Feidal and Carol for this honor, and much Mahalos to the staff, Eric, Melissa, and Haley, as we couldn't have done it without your professionalism. We are so honored that every week we get to work with you. It's just, it's just a pleasure. Sniff sniff, today is my last show for 2020 and what a year this has been. 2020 has been a year of challenges and new experiences, but with anything new challenges always are good because they bring growth and from growth we grow, is that right? So we all have to teach ourselves always find the positive in whatever we're doing daily. Today, I'd like to welcome a very special friend, a sister in Christ, and a friend to many around the world. Her name is Melvin Lee, and she has a heart to be shared through her gift of music. With all the challenges for many, Melvin has come to our rescue by taking us all away on a musical journey, which she themes weekly. And now till Christmas, she celebrates with us daily at 6pm on Facebook. So tune in if you haven't already. So now I'd like to introduce to you my dearest friend Melvin Lee. Welcome Melvin. Aloha Wendy. Hi everybody. Aloha. And you know, us guys, when we get together, oh, I tell you, this 30 minute show, boom, pow. So we've got to stay on track, lots to hear and hear from you and about you. So let's get started. Please share with us a little bit about your ohana, your pride and your joy. You know, I have a wonderful daughter and two grandchildren, and of course, a nice, a beautiful son, a great son-in-law, and they are so talented and many years ago, before I ever even got into this position of having being a parent. You know, I've cared for many, many children, you know, before, and also parented them and learned a lot. So by the time I had my own daughter, I was, it was perfect. Wow. So you went practice on everybody else's kiki, right? So you have perfection at its best, right? So Kalana is very blessed to have you as a mummy. So I also know that you have a soulmate that inspires you daily. Please share a little bit about him. Are you talking about God? Yes, one and foremost, but the one here on earth. Yes, my husband. There you go. Aloha Mike. He's on my picture, and not Mike Lee is. Tell us about your soulmate, tell us a little bit about Mike. He brought me into a different light, and I brought him in another light also. Yes. We both did for each other. We're very good for each other, and we really believe that God brought us together, really. Because I was going on being married anymore, you know, and then he just waltzed into my life, you know, just like a puzzle, everything. Oh, it's unbelievable. Yes, and together you continue to make music. He helps you. He's there to support you. And you love him and you're so made as well. So I see a truly a blessed reunion or a union that God has blessed you both with. So I'm not only do I have you as a dear sister friend, but I also have him as a brother friend too. Wherever there's Melvin, there's Mike. I even got him to pray with me with something before. Yeah. Yeah. Well, yeah, I'm sure he prayed because he prayed and you were the answer and I know that phone. No, take all the credit for that girlfriend. So the world knows your voice and that you are truly an artist. I also know that you have other artistic talents. Please share with us a little bit about your print work. My print you mean all my artwork. Yes, your artwork. Oh yes, I work when I did it actually with pen and ink before and with lines. Yeah. And it was, I never took lessons or anything but I see it in my mind. And there's one. Yeah, that's one of them. Beautiful. I don't look at any picture to draw something like that. I just, you know, it comes to my mind. And, and I pray when I do these things. Anything I do with my hands. I pray. Right. Well, that's prayer in motion and prayer on print because it's truly beautiful. You know, I've been to many events where you donate some of your prints to the cause and I take the time to look at everything and look at those lines. I know it's like your heart being drawn on paper. That's just how you do that's exactly what you do you when you sing you sing from your heart, you have a voice of your heart, and you share that with the world. And so for that, you know, I'm so blessed we're all so blessed that you don't just contain it you share it, and you will continue to share it as long as God allows this. So we are so blessed until I can sing no more for the world. Well, there you go. And if anyone hasn't noticed yet. I have one of the specials here. You also are an artist. Christmas one. These are the kind that you put on your glass when you go to a party and you put so that you know it's your glass. Yes. I got them all from a Terry Kakazu shop, you know, and I just nice all of that and I said I bought it all and I said, I'm going to she gave it to me actually practically. Wow, hello. Well, has her right has her wine and company. Yes, her wine and company I just love Terry she's a sweetheart talk about. Yes, generous to look at that. So I know that you spent a lot of time at home doing especially these last few months, and I know you know can stay still so I know that you're creating and you're blinging and I mean everything you do everything you do. And by the way, and I made about eight, eight scarves already for my friends on the mainland that are freezing. I know, and it's to them, you know, and some of them have very special and royal colors. Is that correct. Right here. Oh, no. This is right here right by my desk I usually have it in the back of my chair but I had to take it down. But this is my royal scarf that Melvin also took the time with every, every little crochet knit stitch. She has put her love in here so I put it close to me right here on my, my bedside. Thank you for that too. Amazing what can't you do Melvin. Yeah, I can't, I can't be Wendy. Easy, easy. Just go drive my knee and you'll be Wendy. Alrighty, so Melvin I know that you have a heart of gold, and then you feel the pain of so many I mean many times we get on the phone and you get another call and when you come back you're all teary died and your heart is all just like it 1000 pounds just landed on your heart because you are so emotional you feel the pain of everyone, everything around us. And I think for yourself you know I just thought about it I know you seem to heal others. But I know it's a healing process for yourself. So you know, you knew that your voice is healing and that you could change the course of a day by just singing to all of us, you knew that. So, is that why you started to sing to us weekly, especially on Saturday on Sundays from you started about 11 o'clock and you go till forever. Tell us about that. Yeah, well you know the thing is, not only this I sing for people that can't come to my shows, you know, that's why I opened it up worldwide. Before this, I used to years ago at the Alamona hotel, I had a telephone installed on my stage. In the day I'd call all the different hospitals to see who the terminally ill patients were, and I never met them or anything but I sing to them and have my audience say hello to them. Then next morning I go and visit to see who I was singing to. You know, so that kind of stayed with me. I still do it. I still call people. And if there's somebody I said just tell me who you want me to sing for them. And I do if not I'll just get one of my old friends and I'll just call them and I'll sing to them. If it's their birthday if they're sick and not feeling well to lift up their spirits. That's what God gave his voice for it's a gift. And he gave you a beautiful voice and he's also giving you a great sense of discernment and a mouth that you truly use. And I'm going to say make the segue to this. I remember when my husband passed away, and I wanted you I asked you if you could sing canaka bye bye. And you said Wendy of course I would sing that and I said and can you sing this and can you sing that and can you sing that. And you said, Hey Wendy, this funeral not concert. That was the greatest thing you could tell me, like, get a grip girl, get a grip, you know, okay. So honor you honor your husband with canaka bye bye. And that was exactly what you did for us and I tell you. Those are, that's just a song that I always need to hear from you. Just the verbiage and coming from your heart put together. You've even got to a point where all these funeral parlors they all know me. And I tell the some of them might say, Hey, you must better get a EPA system. Oh my God, you tell them girl you tell if you want me here. And so I know that you sing every Sunday for all of us and I try to tune in whenever I'm near to my phone or my computer and it just brings it warms my heart. And I see people from all over the world, like you mentioned, but now I know that you are singing to us daily at six. It's pop up many concerts. Yeah, but you know, I know that your heart is to get us through Christmas. Yes, you know, and just to put that Christmas back in because you want to you're touching us with your heart and your music when we can actually physically hug each other. You're hugging us with that music. So I just want to mahalo you for that you get all festively dressed you blinked up you've got the spirit going and then the music comes and it just is a great way to end the day I should say, so we're And I do a different theme every Sunday, you know, to get everybody in the mood yeah. I know and what a theme and and then you ask in advance does anyone have any request that you could sing for them. And I'm like wow and people respond and and yet you got to fulfill all those requests because not just one or two everybody around the world is like hey I want this here I want that. So amazing and you acknowledge them and they feel your love. And you know that's why you know everyone just looks so forward to a daily before it was weekly but now it's daily. So I'm, we're just blessed so thank you so much Melvin for your gift and sharing your gift. So I know. Was it a week or so ago. Your gift the song is not just vocalizing, but I know that Kiko has also given you a gift to receive the word in your dreams or in your daily walk, and he speaks to you. I was so honored when a few Saturdays ago, about 630 in the evening you call me and you said, Oh, I heard the voice the voice gave me the words it was Friday night the night before. And he spoke to you and you woke up and you put this the words, your heart to music. And then it was not even 24 hours later and you're, you've got a song. And my keyboard and my keyboard and I and I recorded it so that I don't forget. Yeah. And how amazing is that and so can you tell us a little bit about it because I actually wanted you to sing it live, but I know the quality was a little bit different than you expect. Sorry, yeah, but this happened before to you know, Wendy, when I several times in my life but but but the other time that I remember is when I had my second heart attack. And that's when I wrote a listen to my voice. Yes, and I recorded that spiritual I wrote several songs you came to mind. I even wrote a song for all the victims of that tsunami that great tsunami was called cries of the sea. Yes. And you remember, I met you and we really had some good time discussing all this at the bar. At Chai's not we wasn't drinking we was joining ours, our thoughts in our hearts and meshing at that time we're bonding. And you wrote the song and in the few days later, you called me and you were at the lobby of the Hilton Hawaiian hotel. And you said you gotta hear this you gotta hear this. And I heard the music from in the car. I don't know if you remember but that was like whoa. And I remember so well because I'm always so honored when you have these, you know, when it comes to your heart and you, you put it to paper and pen and it's just amazing the gift that you have, not only to sing it but to deliver it. And so that it's healthy. It's healthy for you. It really to be able to to exude all these this, you know, this love and this and this thing that you have you cannot keep it in. That's why I always tell the group winners, you know, don't take it to your grade. Younger generation and with everyone. Really. Yes, yes. So, at this time if you want to say anything further otherwise you're going to ask Eric if he can play away and play away and let the world hear your song, The Paris of Hope. No, just go ahead and let them hear what I what God sent to me. During this pandemic time, especially. All right, go ahead Eric. Wait, wait, before you do. The part where I say your angels are dreary. You know, are in other words. I'm talking about the first responders. When it comes to that verse. So you'll know what I talked about the. Thank you. There's our of hope. And our hope is through you. A hope of no hunger in us through this time. Angels are restless. They're tired and worn till dawn. These are getting shorter. Words came to you. Tell me how this goes. Yes, it was because I think that when I saw the news that earlier, you know, you sometimes what you do during the day affects you, yeah. And it's with you. And so when I drink, I can't remember what I dreamed. But anyway, but all I know is I heard these words. And I thought, oh my gosh. So when I got up, I wrote it down so that I don't forget. Yeah. And then I next morning, I went straight to my computer. It was like, somebody was just guiding me. I don't know my husband. Usually my husband gets up before me. But I early very extra early, which is something unheard of and put everything on for my keyboard. I said, I better record it. And so I don't forget the tune. And my fingers just went and I just started to sing it. And, and then I then in my regular recording, I put the Lord's prayer in between. Right. It's much prettier with the with the final way. I want to put that out soon. Yeah. I think you're, I think you should put it together and get it out there so the radios can play it, especially right now. I mean, what you're waiting for. It's a breath of hope. I mean, we need that. And especially on these times, you know, where people are a little bit more emotional, because it's Christmas and the holidays are here. And, you know, it's just a time a great time to reflect. And it's a great time to reflect of the past year. And then give us hope for what's to come in 2021, because so many people out there, you know, they just need to hear this. And if it means they're going to cry and shed tears, let us do that because we need to wash away the pain and, you know, the sadness. So it's a cleansing. It's a healing. And that's why I thought it was so very appropriate to have you on my last show for the year, so that you can give us hope. And then the song came and I thought it's okay. Yeah, you know, I always tell everyone they got to move and they have to do something, keep themselves busy when I call some of my friends and they said, I said, What are you doing? Oh, nothing. Well, get doing find a hobby. Do something, you know. Yes, yes, do something for others if you have to. Yes, yes. And just keep busy because, you know, even, even we can be successful at being in isolation. So I'll never say Mahalo to COVID. I'll never say that. But I will say Mahalo to isolation. Because of isolation, it allowed me to find more time to talk to you, Melvin. It found you more time to share your heart with us and sing to us regularly and now daily. And I know that that's your heart and I know you were doing it before, but now it's even more meaningful because we need to hear that. We need to have that hope. We need to be inspired daily. And you know, nice is that when you call someone, they answer the phone because they're home. Yes. Yes. And I love that the best. It's like, you know, if I want to talk to them on zoom or want to meet drop something off, I go, I don't know why I'm going to ask you this but you are your home. And they go, yeah, I said, okay, I'm coming by. Not only can I run away because where are you going? And they always at home. So easy to talk to people. You're absolutely right Melvin. And it's just a blessing. And those are the simple things that we have to realize and appreciate. So yes, Mahalo for keeping us at home and save. And now you spend more quality time with your husband, Mike, you know, and then just doing more things with your hands that God gave you, gave you your health, and we continue to work on our health. And then you work on everybody else's health by just singing to us. Yes, I know how important that is, you know, and every evening I try to change my songs so that it wouldn't be monotonous, you know. And what's nice about it too is because I heard from people that I haven't heard from for years. I mean they kind of come out of the woodwork. Oh, another thing too is, I can't be in public as much as I used to be for because of my health. You know, I have leukemia. And I'll tell you that I do. And with I'm very high risk. I cannot be, you know, and my husband had surgery recently on cancer surgery. And so we can't be in the midst of anybody, you know, so. Right. And that's, you know, we're kind of used to it. And we do this anyway, we stay home. I know. I love it. Yeah, I know you do. I know you have a, you've created a castle and you and your mic. He's the king and you're the queen of your home with God in there with you. But your castle, your home is your castle, and you stay and you appreciate it. And then you've done that, like you said, even before this all came about since, you know, the beginning of the year. So it was in preparation for just a time like this. Thank God for Amazon and I did my Christmas shopping on Amazon. Yeah, and so, you know, you go out maybe you sneak out once in a great while to go get some supplies and some food. But other than that, you are homebound and safe. And you know, as you mentioned, not a whole lot of people know about your health challenges, and what Mike went through as well but he was providing for you and you know, keep your head up, don't slouch, you know, and just proud that you're alive and happy that you're alive and grateful, grateful that you're alive. Every morning you take a breath you say, thank you, God. Thank you. What do I do for you today? You know, that's how my day starts. And that's a blessing. So everyone listening, just listen to Melvin as she sings her love songs, her spirited songs, her Hawaiian songs, her melees, all different genres of music. Her love is coming to you for healing. And as she's helping us to heal, she herself is healing herself. And so that's the beauty of what this is all about. Everyone working together, bringing aloha to each other, long distance through the Facebook or whatever it means of communication we have. But the main thing is that our aloha for each other continues. And I know you have brought sunshine to my life. I just want you to know that I've never met anyone like you in my whole life. And I'm so glad that you came because you remind me of me's insanity. I know us guys, twins look, we even get the kind of things. And we don't go from emplacement, you're from Molokai or from Miley. And you and I are both, we cannot stand boredom. Yeah, I know. That's why, you know what? And Mike, you know, if she's playing on her phone, she's playing with me, okay, don't get jealous, okay? Because we can go hours on the phone, just go... Yeah, we just bust out now. You think we retired or something. But we're just making the best of everything we have. And it's the love and friendship that we share. And that Melvyn shares with all of you and she's singing to you. So just remember that. You're making me hear you know right now. Yeah, I'm so blessed. We're so blessed. So at this time I know Melvyn, you and I want to wish everybody a merry, merry Christmas. God bless the world. God bless the world and happy birthday Jesus. Yes, happy birthday Jesus and stay healthy and practice social distancing, wash your hands and wipe everything down, you know? Yes. Thank you, Wendy. You're a mahalo, Melvyn. Mahalo Mike for sharing though. Thank you, Eric. Mahalo Think Tech and let's bring on 2021 and make it as good as this one just was. Program next year? Yes. Good again, girl. We'll do it again, all right? So, aloha everybody. Mahalo. Mahalo. Merry Christmas.