Dear friends, thank you for your kind emails and notes on my Facebook page. It means a lot to me.
It’s been a while since my last post, please forgive me — I’ve been busy!
There is so much I’d like to share with you. In October, I finished a great deal of promotional work for my album in the United States, as well as in England. London was beautiful! I did a lot of press interviews, as well as going on talk shows, such as GMTV.
At the end of October, as you may know already, I had a beautiful baby daughter, Lucia Anna. She has brought so much joy, light and inspiration to my life! Despite a busy schedule of motherly duties, I’ve already started writing a book of children’s songs. And I’m becoming more actively involved in children’s charities.
In the last few months, I’ve been investing a lot of time and energy into becoming a spokesperson for Chernobyl Children’s Project International (CCPI). We are raising funds to send volunteer heart surgery teams to Ukraine and Belarus to perform free operations on children who have genetic heart disease. Without our help, most of these children will not get the surgeries they need to survive and will die.
Tonight, I’m being interviewed by Mario Lopez on Extra. I’ll be introducing my work with Chernobyl Children’s Project International, and performing a song called Angel. This song is now a single on iTunes, All proceeds from the purchase of this song will go directly to helping these children get their surgeries.
I always dreamed that if I were fortunate enough to have my music heard, I could use that opportunity to do something good. That time has come. On my website, you can learn more and find out how you can help and get involved, if you wish.
Last week, we filmed a public service announcement about the project and what is happening in Chernobyl regions today. At the top of this post, you can see a photo of myself with my colleague Tracy Miller. (She’s holding the “boom.”) We filmed in the “studio”/family room of my home just outside of Los Angeles. It is where I practice and do my composing on an old piano that goes wherever I go. I’ve never done a public service announcement before. Between the baby calling me from the next room, and the sounds of planes overhead, we got it done – and I think it really conveys the urgency of the cause and what I am asking you all to help me do. In the second picture, you can see me writing out my cue cards in Russian. (I’m hoping to reach out to the Russian speaking community as well.) Russian is my native language.
I appreciate any help or support you can give me in this effort! Thank you, Oksana
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