Whitney Houston

 

Whitney Houston has passed away. When my cousin first told me, I thought she was on twitter and Whitney was simply the latest twitter casualty. Unfortunately, this was the real deal. The past few years we’ve watched as Whitney hit rock bottom and countless photos surfaced of Whitney under the influence. Yet, with the new movie Sparkle and talks of an album, it appeared Whitney was poised for a comeback. Too bad it will never happen.   

My mothers words ring in my ear; “I can feel her pain. Sometimes the pain is too much. Sometimes we can’t outrun the demons.” Well whatever her pain was, she’s finally at peace.

Like many I view Whitney Houston as the greatest singer ever. Waiting to Exhale and The Preacher’s Wife are two of my favorite movies.  My Love is Your Love is my favorite Whitney cd.

Here are a few of my favorites from My Love is Your Love:  

Heartbreak Hotel

Its Not Right But Its Ok

If I Told You That

I still can’t believe we lost The Voice.

Jeremy Lin

I've never wrote a sports post before and this isn't necessarily one either. I just wanted to acknowledge Jeremy Lin for a brief moment. I saw him play amazingly last night against Kobe and The Lakers.




While he is a great player, I'm more interested in his story. I found it surprising that he went from Harvard to the NBA. Who thinks playing for Harvard would lead to the NBA? Anyway, what I found remarkable was, just days ago his contract wasn't guaranteed and he was living with brother. Now he's the NBA's newest star.



I was just a little insipred. He was almost cut from the team and now people are wearing his t-shirts. Aspiring to have a writing career has been a long journey and when I feel like I've reached my end, maybe there will be a breakthrough.
 

"A fetus is not a baby"

“A fetus is not a baby. It never has been a baby and until it is viable outside the womb it is just plain silly to call it one. Should I cry for each period I get because it could have been a fetus that would have potentially turned into a baby?”

I don’t know who this person is, but I love this quote.

Last night, I had friends over. A discussion about not being able to go out anymore because of children morphed into a conversation about abortion. Friend A told Friend B that she wouldn’t have let her have an abortion. They go on to agree that, if it were a few years ago she would understand because she would be younger and not ready. Then Friend B talks about someone she knew who was almost 30 and had an abortion. Friend A says she obviously doesn’t want children if she would have an abortion so ‘late’ in life and if she’s not ready now, she’ll never be ready. Last night, I agreed with those sentiments.

Today I was on my favorite blog, feministing. And I read an article about women telling their stories about abortion and I got the above quote from an anonymous comment.  The author was telling her abortion story. She had two children and she was in 40’s and didn’t think she was prepared another child at that stage in her life. It’s a really cool article: http://www.babble.com/pregnancy/my-pregnancy/i-had-an-abortion/

Her story made me rethink my position about saying having an abortion when you’re almost 30 means you don’t want children. I think its ok not to want children. I think having a child is considering where you are in your life and are you prepared. The article made me realize women shouldn’t have to apologize for their abortions and that I was embracing some ideas that don’t align with my ideals.

I respect everyone’s right to choose despite their reasoning.