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Roma Downey, John Dye, and Della Reese host
this one-hour special exploring some of the true stories behind
Touched By An Angel and the important role that music plays in the
series. In the first segment, former major leaguer Dave Dravecky
talks about episode #102, "Show Me the Way to Go Home." In the
episode Earl, a dying high school baseball coach, must come to
terms with his bitterness over the fact that a Vietnam War injury
prevented him from playing professionally. Dravecky relates this
to his experience of losing his pitching arm to cancer, and how
his faith in God helped him through. Next, a couple from Arkansas
speak about episode #401 "Great Expectations" about a couple who
finds out the wife is pregnant with a baby with Down Syndrome.
Much like the couple in the episode, they speak about the initial
disappointment they felt when they learned their child had Down
Syndrome, and their eventual understanding of God's blessing.
Randy Travis tells of his experience on his first episode of
Touched, episode #110 "Fear Not" and how it was a miracle that the
show ever got finished -- he had recently had back surgery,
couldn't bend over and was advised by doctors to rest. Everyone
was amazed that one couldn't tell how much pain he was in when
watching the episode! Executive Producer Martha Williamson speaks
about episode #210 "Til We Meet Again" about a family saying
goodbye to their dying father. This was the hardest Touched
episode for her to write, a very personal episode about her own
father and her relationships with her own siblings. At the end of
the episode, the family sings to the father as he passes away, and
Martha reveals that the voices singing are actually herself, her
husband, and her mother. Wynonna Judd speaks about the 100th
episode of Touched, episode #508, "Psalm 151" in which she plays
the mother of a child with cystic fibrosis. The music in the show
is what drew her to it in the first place, and we hear clips of
the song "Testify to Love" which Wynonna sings in the show. Also
in the 100th episode is Celine Dion, who shares about her own loss
of a niece to cystic fibrosis. For the special's finale, Della
Reese performs a full- length version of the Touched By An Angel
theme song "Walk With You" with a back-up choir, over a montage of
memorable clips from all five seasons of the show.
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