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>> childhood friend that died >> and they died of cancer weeks apart and met at one of the funerals and shared a common grief and turned to each other for support and fell in love all over again. they're remarkable and heart warming story told in the new book called "the color of rain" please welcome michael and gina spain. so glad to have you with us. [applause] >> your husband, he knew he was sick and started making some videos for your kids. >> he did, yeah. >> he knew he was not going to make it, didn't he. >> well, that's true. he was diagnosed with cancer in 2002 and he formed an outline...

Life, and to enjoy this life. i don't mean we're going to be jumping up and down on a friday or a monday if something difficult happened. i believe you can have peace to know that god is in control. >> mike: you make the statement in the book, you need to bloom where you're planted. what does it mean? how does is person do that? >> the way do you that, you have to make the decision, this is where god has me right now. this is god. he could change this, he created the whole world. if god is not changing it maybe i need to grow and pass the test and i think about joseph he was in prison 13 years...

>> class (applause) >> it's classic hits like the wonder and run around sue and they're fan favorites and 50 years after they topped the chart. he has a book called deon, the wandering, welcome, great to have you here. >> nice to be here, governor. >> mike: thanks for coming back. you've had such an incredible career as a very, very young man, lots of fame and money and prestige. a lot of drugs and alcohol, too. what changed your life from those early days? what was the turning point? >> well, you know, success is-- it's like a narcotic, you get just hooked on it, kind of, but it doesn't save ...

(applause) >> we're back with michael and gina, authors of the book "the color of rain" it's a phenomenal story. when we left, it was a pretty sad moment. you guys had just lost our spouses within days of each other and now you meet. how does that meeting turn into a romance, gina? >> well, it takes a little time, first of all. obviously, i mean, when you meet under those conditions, the last thing on your mind is love and romance, because in fact, falling in love again is high risk territory you've just lost the love of your life, the thought of having that kind of exposure to risk to loss ag...

(applause) >> the one and only dion. thank you so much for being here. the book, dion tell us the truth and you do. god bless you, the book is great and i love this story. and thank you all for being with us, hope you have a great week and until the next time from new york, this is mike huckabee, good night and god huckabee, good night and god bless. captioned by closed captioning services, inc. across america, i've learned that when you ask someone in texas if they want "big" savings on car insurance, it's a bit like asking if they want a big hat... ...'scuse me... ...or a big steak... ...or ...