Excerpts courtesy of Gary Wosk, Staff Writer, The ALS Association

Andy Eddowes and his daughter Rachel in earlier days.

Boston artist and psychologist Anna Huckabee Tull has been commissioned to write and record more than 100 songs, unique and incredible journeys about people marking special occasions.

Tull, with six national CD releases to her credit, felt compelled to ask her husband’s cousin, retired Navy captain Andy Eddowes, if he would be interested in expressing his feelings about his young daughter, Rachel, through Tull’s voice - he has bulbar-onset ALS and can no longer speak. She had witnessed how the family was struggling with discussing ALS with Eddowes’ daughter.

“We knew that she wrote and performed her songs and that she was quite good at it, so when she emailed her proposal to me, I immediately agreed,” said Eddowes, who served in the military for 22 years. “She really outdid herself with ‘Bright Eyes.’ We all love it. It’s wonderful.”

Eddowes hopes the song will mean more to his daughter as the years go by.

“My father passed away when I was 32, so I had a chance to get to know him as an adult. I really enjoyed that experience,” he said. “Given that my life expectancy is short, I would like to leave as much of me behind as possible. This song will be important part of that.”

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