THE SONG CLOUDS INSPIRED
PEOPLE AROUND THE WORLD AFTER
ZACH SOBIECH'S BATTLE WITH
CANCER.
NOW A NEW MOVIE DEPICTING HIS
LIFE IS CALLED CLOUDS A MEMOIR,
OFFERING NEW PICTURES, AN
UPDATE ON THE MOVIE AND HOW
ZACH CONTINUES TO BE A PRESENCE
IN THEIR LIVES.
WE SPOKE WITH LAURA ABOUT ALL
OF IT AND WHY THEY WERE SO OPEN
WITH THEIR JOURNEY.
WE CAME TOGETHER AND TALKED
ABOUT WHAT OUR MISSION WAS.
AND WE DECIDED IF IT WAS JUST
ABOUT ZACH AND HIS STORY, WE
DIDN'T WANT TO DO IT.
BUT IF IT WAS ABOUT SOMETHING
BIGGER, THEN WE'D BE INTERESTED
IN SHARING OUR STORY.
WHAT WE LANDED ON AS OUR FAMILY
MISSION IS WE WANT TO HELP KIDS
DIAGNOSED WITH OSTEOSARCOMA IN
THE FUTURE.
IN ORDER TO DO THAT, ESPECIALLY
WITH A DISEASE LIKE THIS, YOU
HAVE TO SHARE STORIES ABOUT HOW
IT AFFECTS PEOPLE.
THAT'S WHY WE DECIDED TO SHARE
ZACH'S STORY, TO BE ABLE TO
RAISE AWARENESS AND HELP
RESEARCH AND FINDING NEW
TREATMENTS FOR KIDS.
AND YOU HAVE BEEN DOING
THAT.
IT'S REALLY INCREDIBLE, WHAT
YOU HAVE BEEN DOING.
YOU WROTE THE FIRST BOOK A YEAR
AFTER ZACH DIED AND REALLY LET
PEOPLE INTO THE TEARFUL, JOYFUL
MOMENTS, THE TEARS.
PEOPLE HAD HEARD ZACH'S
STORY AND WERE INSPIRED BY HIM.
THE REASON I WANTED TO WRITE
THE BOOK IS BECAUSE I WANTED TO
GET THE KNOW KIND OF THE INSIDE
OF WHAT WAS HAPPENING WITH THE
FAMILY AND THE DIFFICULTIES.
IT WAS EASY TO LOOK AT OUR
FAMILY AND SAY, WELL, THEY HAVE
IT ALL TOGETHER.
AND WE DIDN'T.
AND I WANTED PEOPLE TO ACTUALLY
SEE THAT AND LIVE THAT WITH US.
A LOT MORE HAS HAPPENED
SINCE THEN.
A MOVIE BASED ON YOUR BOOK IS
ABOUT TO BE RELEASED.
WHAT WILL PEOPLE FIND IN THE
BOOK?
IN THE MEMOIR, EVERY DAY HAS
A DIFFERENT STORYLINE FROM A
MOTHER'S PERSPECTIVE AND
WALKING WITH ZACH THROUGH
CANCER.
WHAT THEY'LL FIND IS JUST
LEARNING ABOUT THE
RELATIONSHIPS IN OUR FAMILY,
THE STRUGGLES, THE TAX ON OUR
MARRIAGE AND HOW WE HAD TO WORK
THROUGH SOME REALLY TOUGH
TIMES.
THERE'S MORE OF THAT IN THE
BOOK THAN THERE IS IN THE
MOVIE.
BUT THERE'S ALSO HOPE, AND I
HOPE PEOPLE ARE ABLE TO JUST
TAKE IN THAT HOPE IN THE MOVIE
AND IN THE BOOK.
ZACH HAD JUST A REALLY
INCREDIBLE VIEW ON LIFE AND HOW
TO LIVE.
IS THAT SOME OF THE HOPE YOU
WISH TO SHARE?
YES, ABSOLUTELY.
HE WAS SO PASSIONATE,
ESPECIALLY AS A TEENAGER WHO
KNEW HE HAD LIMITED TIME.
HE WAS FREED FROM ALL THE
THINGS THAT NORMALLY KEEP US
FROM REALLY EXPLORING WHO WE
ARE, AND WHAT WE CAN BRING TO
THE WORLD.
HE LOST ALL THOSE INHIBITIONS
AND HE WAS ABLE TO REALLY TAP
INTO HIS GIFT, HIS TALENT, AND
SHARE IT WITH THE WORLD.
WHAT I REALLY LOVE ABOUT ZACH
AND HIS STORY AND HOW HE SHARED
HIMSELF WAS THAT HE WASN'T
PERFECT.
YOU KNOW, HIS VOICE WAS OKAY,
YOU KNOW, BUT IT WASN'T GREAT.
HE WASN'T A SUPER POLISHED
PERFORMER.
BUT THAT DIDN'T STOP HIM.
HE WENT AHEAD WITH IT ANYHOW.
THAT'S ONE OF THE THINGS I
REALLY LOVE ABOUT HIS STORY,
ESPECIALLY NOW WITH SOCIAL
MEDIA AND ALL THESE SORT OF
POLISHED IMAGES THAT WE PUT OUT
THERE, ZACH SAID YOU DON'T HAVE
TO.
YOU CAN JUST BE WHO YOU ARE AND
STILL CHANGE THE WORLD.
WE COULD ALL LEARN SOMETHING
FROM THAT.
CLOUDS: A MEMOIR IS AVAILABLE
OCTOBER 13th, DAYS BEFORE THE
MOVIE PREMIERS.
WE HAVE THE INFORMATION ALONG
WITH HOW YOU CAN JOIN THE
MOVEMENT AND LEARN ABOUT THE