'Nothing is so good it lasts eternally, perfect situations must go wrong...'
This amazing performance will always stand as a strong tribute to both Whitney & Cissy Houston yet at the same time really illustrates the fact that we don't know people as well as we think.
I feel very sorry for Cissy, clearly a strong Christian woman who watched her daughter grow from babyhood into a phenomenal superstar. How any parent can bare the death of their child is beyond my comprehension & I sincerely hope I will remain in ignorance.
To journey with your child from such a promising start, seeing them achieve the little & the large successes is an exciting part of life and Cissy must have been so thankful for this gift; the joy Whitney brought to millions worldwide. To see her reduced by the pressure of life to a barely functioning person must have been almost soul destroying. We have seen Cissy & the pastor praying in public for restoration of her child. I wonder how she can possibly feel as I am sure Cissy will have maintained her faith believing that time would eventually enable Whitney to recover. How do you put away that hope to handle the reality that there is no more time & your child's life has come to a premature end?
Sharing grief publicly is another issue and everywhere Cissy turns Whitney will be for a while to come. Seeing clips showing her going through those excruciating interviews,looking physically ill- a bag of bones. How much hope Cissy would have clung onto when Whitney was set to re-launch her career and then to have that hope snatched away so soon. Poor Cissy has also lived the emotional roller coaster & all the blame we throw at Bobby Brown or anyone else will never answer the questions of what went wrong. There is simply too much pressure for one person to contend with.
In some ways WE, THE GENERAL PUBLIC, are just as guilty as anyone else because we have paid our money and expect our star to perform to the max; anything less and we are disappointed. The problem is that stars are people and not robots so of course they will fail to please us from time to time. Maybe, following the loss of Whitney, Michael & Amy the time has come for the industry to look at the pressures facing artists, especially the extended tours that are physically exhausting.
Ultimately all we can do is give thanks for Whitney's music and the way it moves us whilst praying for her family who are distraught & need all the support they are able to receive.
Whitney Houston you were talented, beautiful & an absolute icon so our final wish is that you will truly Rest In Peace.
Jaz McKenzie
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