“Lucy in the Sky With Diamonds” Lucy Vodden Re-Connects With Julian Lennon

The girl that the Beatles’ song, “Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds” was written about, Lucy Vodden, is ill and recently re-connected with her childhood friend Julian Lennon. Read more on Lucy Vodden below.

More than 40 years ago, Julian Lennon brought home a drawing from school and told his father, John Lennon, “That’s Lucy in the sky with diamonds.”

This became a very popular song on  “Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band.”

“Julian got in touch with me out of the blue, when he heard how ill I was, and he said he wanted to do something for me,” said Lucy Vodden 46, who has lupus, a chronic disease where the immune system attacks the body’s own tissue.

Julian Lennon, who lives in France, sent Lucy flowers and vouchers she could use to buy plants at a local gardening center, as it is one of the few activities she is still occasionally well enough to enjoy.

“I wasn’t sure at first how to approach her. I wanted at least to get a note to her,” Julian Lennon told The Associated Press. “Then I heard she had a great love of gardening, and I thought I’d help with something she’s passionate about, and I love gardening too. I wanted to do something to put a smile on her face.”

Lucy Vodden admits she likes her association with the song, but doesn’t really care for the song. That song became known by many as a song about LSD, due to the initials of the title.

“I don’t relate to the song, to that type of song,” said Vodden, described as “the girl with kaleidoscope eyes” in the lyrics. “As a teenager, I made the mistake of telling a couple of friends at school that I was the Lucy in the song and they said, ‘No, it’s not you, my parents said it’s about drugs.’ And I didn’t know what LSD was at the time, so I just kept it quiet, to myself.”

Lucy Vodden was diagnosed with lupus about five years ago after suffering other serious health problems. She has been struggling extreme fatigue, joint pain, and other ailments.

“She’s not given up, she’s a fighter, and she has her family backing her, that’s a good thing,” said Angie Davidson, campaign director for St. Thomas’ Lupus Trust, which funds research. “We need more people like her, more Lucys.”

It has become difficult for Vodden to go out — most of her trips are to the hospital — but recently she and her husband went to a bookstore and heard the song playing over the store’s music system. When they went to another shop, the song was on there as well.

“That made me giggle,” she said.

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