R.I.P Whitney Houston...........................*tears*

Tonight we lost arguably the greatest female voice of all time. Whitney Houston has left the building at the age of 48.

This was another close one for me. After Michael Jackson, Whitney Houston was the closest personification of music for me. It took about two hours for the news to really sink in. I spent that time in shock, researching what happened (still no real answers) and verifying its truth, but the barrage of videos and commentary on FB eventually got the waterworks flowing pretty damn strong.

I cant even pick a favorite Whitney Houston song. There are very few that wouldnt be contenders, so I will just post the video of the one I sang at my college homecoming that won me the crown, "I Have Nothing" and of course, the unforgettable "Greatest Love Of All," the standard by which all great vocalists are measured. I picked up a video of her first showcase for Arista as well, via a friend of mine, so I'll throw that up too - "I am changing."

Before I get outta here, I would like to send up prayers for Cissy and Bobbi Christina, as well as Bobby Brown, who has to be hurting like hell right now. That being said, let me just state for the record that if you are of the mind that Bobby Brown ruined Whitney Houston, you should kill yourself right now. That is the biggest crock of shit I have ever heard. I loved the woman to death but she was grown and responsible for her own choices, just like you and me. Personally, I wish she had made better ones, and I am truly saddened............... *tears* .............. that she is gone, but I feel blessed to have had the honor of her angelic voice ring in my lifetime, and though she will no longer be here in the physical, via the mark she has made on the music industry, she is immortal. With all the torment in her life in her last years on this earth, I hope she will finally be able to find peace.

"Learning to love yourself.... it is the greatest love of all."

R.I.P. Nippy.