​Saturday July 18, 2015

Some people walk around ticked off at God for giving them what they think they can't handle. Not you. You are blessed with an unwavering faith. You know God deserves your praise not your disapproval. That's why you can put a smile on your face no matter what life tosses your way.

Donald Gould is a 51-year-old homeless former U.S. Marine. He was caught on video playing a beautiful rendition of “Come Sail Away” by Styx on an outdoor piano in Sarasota, Florida. It went viral, with millions of people seeing it. The video gave him a chance to reconnect with the child he was separated from about 15 years ago.

Drug abuse problems caused Gould to lose custody of his son Donny when he was only 3 years old. Gould hasn’t seen Donny since. Donny’s mother died in 1998 due to a morphine overdose.

After Donny was removed from his father’s custody, he was adopted by his grandmother. When she had trouble raising him, he was adopted by another couple named Darryl and Terri.

Now 18, Donny just graduated high school, likes to play basketball and just landed his first job. He doesn’t have any memories of his biological dad.

“I’ve thought sometimes about it, of exactly where he might have been and what he might have been doing,” Donny said.

That all changed when the video of Gould playing the piano went viral.

Learning how to deal with reality is the most important first step in “surviving” when you love an addicted person. Although it may seem easier to stay in the “fantasy space” where you can continue to believe that things are going to magically get better, there is no such magic. Things will not get better just because you wish they would... READ MORE