As a kid, I would hang out in my sister’s room and she would teach me dance routines to Whitney’s songs… “I get so emotional baby…”
During my high school years, Whitney was the absolute image of stardom and perfection. I idolized her. I recall being completely and totally blown away when she performed at the Grammys in 1994 “I Will Always Love You”. The power in her voice; her beauty and the strength of her presence was unreal - she seemed greater than human; the stuff of gods.
(Later in life, as I saw her on the reality show she did with her husband Bobby and as i heard she was struggling with drugs, i realised she was human afterall.)
In university, I learnt how to play “Your Love is My Love” on guitar and i loved singing it.
This week, Whitney Houston is dead at 48 – too young. I doubt that there will ever be another with a voice like hers. I choose to remember her like this: singing at the Grammys when i realised that voice and that presence were honestly the stuff of awe. R.I.P Whitney.
love, love, m
