R.I.P Whitney

Last night on our way back home from London, hubby and I were having a conversation about the passing of Whitney Houston. I hate rehashing this over and over again. I really do. However I feel the need to blog about this, because I think some people out there don't get it. My hubby didn't get it. His brain processed it like this 'the woman was on drugs, drugs kill. Sooner or later it was going to happen'

But that's not what this is all about. This is not why people are saddened and mourning. Not in the least. The people are mourning the loss of a great figure because of emotion. *Please note-drugs kill. If you are on drugs, chances are someday they are going to catch up with you*

Songs can bring up so many memories and emotions. You know where you were, a smell, the food you might have been eating, maybe it was warm/cold, the people you were with...a song can bring that all up. My mum always says 'the song remembers when'. Isn't that the truth?

So you see hubby, we're not mourning the loss of a woman-although it is a big loss. We are mourning the loss of something that was, or something that could of been. We'll never hear another Whitney Houston song on the radio. We'll never see her in concert. We'll never hear about the battles she is fighting. Sometimes even though we never meet, see or talk to a person. There is a comfort in their  presence. You know that they are going to be there. You know that you'll hear their voice on the radio at some point and maybe you'll see them in concert. There is a comfort in that. In the knowing that they will always be there for you.

What about this emotion? Listen to Whitney sing I will always love you. Close your eyes, really soak in the voice, the lyrics and wait for it. Wait for the memories to come back. Were you kissing someone you love? Were you watching someone walk away? Did you break up with someone? Was it your first boy/girl dance?

When we loose someone famous, we remember. We remember the emotions and the feeling associated with their music or their films.

We also see them as invincible. They have money, lots of money. They can afford all the best of everything. Can't they? When we loose them, they become human. We think about our own demons and the battles we fight on a daily basis. That could be us. Couldn't it? One day we might wake up and be unable to fight anymore. The rock bottom may arrive. To know that someone we perceive as strong, gives up...it's frightening.

So hubby when your brain is unable to comprehend how we are surprised. Remember the song remembers when. We remember when. We are human and are unable to hold back the feeling and emotions that are attached to songs and people. Whitney will always be a strong figure in our music history. To know that her journey is over and we'll no longer be taking it with her is sad. Just like Michael Jackson, just like Freddie Mercury, like Amy Winehouse, like Heath Ledger, like James Dean...it's the emotion, the feeling, the power, the time. It really strikes us right to the core. So may we continue to mourn for our emotions and remember when.