In Memory of Two American Icons…

Rest in Peace, Farrah & Michael...

Today we mourn the loss of Michael Jackson and Farrah Fawcett. What a sad day in the heart of America and around the World. We lost two extremely talented and loving entertainers yesterday.  Two whom I personally grew up with…watching them on TV, and singing & dancing to Michael’s AWESOME music.  They are no longer with us, and that just makes me sad.  Not only because they were awesome entertainers, but also as we sometimes forget – they were fellow human beings.  They were someone’s son, brother, daughter, sister, mother, father and FRIEND.

As a mother myself, I can’t imagine what their parents must be going through this morning, just knowing that their child has left this world before them; and as a daughter, I can’t imagine, nor do I want to imagine, what it’s going to feel like to lose my own mom or dad.

This morning on the radio, I heard the comment that Jaime Fox made regarding the loss of Michael Jackson…”You cannot say enough about what he has given to us musically and culturally. We take for granted people like him… all he wanted to do was give us great music and that’s what he did. Every single day was dedicated to us.  “What a great time. What a great entertainer. There will never be anybody (like him).”

This was so TRUE!  Michel grew up in the world of fame and fortune, however, unfortunately for him, he was never able to live the life of a “normal child” – or the life of a “normal adult.”

Over the years, Michel showed some very odd behavior and created a strange lifestyle for himself, but who’s to say that the same wouldn’t have happened to any one of us had we grown up in the same way he did…ya know?  Who are we to judge…we never walked in his footsteps, or lived his life.  We all have our own trials and tribulations in life…  All I know for myself, is that I loved Michael as a singer, dancer and GREAT entertainer.  He personally brought happiness to my life with his music and dance, and I will miss him.

Farrah, was the Angel she was…at least in my own eyes.  I remember as a little girl, wanting to be just like “Charlie’s Angels.”  Running around the way they did, solving crimes and making everything in the world just right!  She was the “pretty blond one…with the GREAT hair!”  Ah yes, Jill, Kelly & Sabrina…who could ever forget them and the awesome women they were?!

Farrah just had a certain spark in her eye and a stride to her step.  She was glamorous, yet sophisticated.  However, never did I appreciate her quite as much as I did until I watched “Farrah’s Story,” just last month.  This was the documentary she recorded about the the trials and tribulations of her battle with cancer.

I remember sitting in that hotel room in Orlando, just sobbing, because of what she had been through and what she was going through.  I can’t even imagine…but one thing is for sure now.  She is no longer suffering.

Farrah & Michael’s legacies will continue to live on, even though they are no longer with us.  They both played huge roles in my own life.  Not only will I miss them, but all of America, and even the World, will be void without them.

Rest in Peace Farrah & Michael…you’ll both forever live on in my heart.

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