Whitney's Funeral

I watched the Whitney Houston funeral today because I knew her funeral would be a wonderful celebration of her life. She started singing in church as a young girl in Newark, New Jersey and today she returned home for her final church service. A moving tribute to an amazing singer. I was most touched by Kevin Costner's speech. I loved the emotion when Stevie Wonder, R Kelly and Carvin Winans sang. Carvin has this falsetto that is just out of this world.

Yes it is always sad when a life is cut short, but really what is considered short? it's all relative. 48 is not young but it's also not old. She lived a life with many successes. She used her God given voice to touch the lives of many. She was a mother to a daughter. She lived a life that many of us can only dream of. If she had not gotten into drugs she probably would of lived longer but it wasn't meant to be. The life of a star so bright often burns out before it should. Many of the greats have fallen before their time. The pressures of staying on top. The stresses of keeping grounded midst the craziness. Pills to stay awake, pills to go asleep, pills for anxiety, pills for  depression. Pretty soon you don't know what you've taken or when you've taken it. She didn't mean to die that day. It was a chain reaction of errors. I don't think anyone ever wakes up thinking today I'm going to die. It just happens and eventually to all of us. We are not promised a tomorrow so let us rejoice in the life she lived.