As you all know, the incomparable Whitney Houston passed away this past weekend. While the media sifts through the hows and whats and whys, I just want to make sure that we all remember how her life, her music and her exceptional range of abilities as an entertainer made us feel.
In the 80s, her music made us dance. In the 90s, her music made us fall in love. In the new millennium, her music told us that we could overcome. My fondest memory of Ms. Houston is a video that my parents have shown me over and over and over again of me singing and dancing to her version of 'Yes Jesus Loves Me' in the living room of our small house when I was five or six years old. Her music reminds me of my childhood... of innocence.
Anyway, my favorite Whitney Houston song also happens to be from my favorite Whitney movie 'The Preachers Wife.' The way she sings 'I Love The Lord' is so comforting. Enjoy... and always remember.
