R.I.P. Luther

I've been having computer issues for the past few months so I haven't blogged in a long while but when I heard the news Friday evening, I just had to find a computer to blog from.

The second half of my summer semester is in full swing so I was taking my usual day off to do my errands and housework. So, I'm in the middle of cleaning my living room and listening to Channel 7 Eyewitness News when the news anchor comes on with a somber voice and looking totally in shock while announcing the breaking news about Luther Vandross. I was in total shock myself. I didn't know what to do with myself. All of my housework just ceased at that moment. I called up a close friend of mine and the first thing she said is "you heard?". While I'm talking to her, I'm thinking of ALL of the songs that I grew up on - "Never Too Much", "A House is a Home", "Creepin", "If This World Were Mine" just to name a few. I just cannot wrap my brain around the thought of not hearing anymore new songs coming from this phenomenal singer. My kids couldn't understand why I was in such shock. They just don't know how great of a singer he really was. Luther was just one of the great singers that you could just identify with just his first name and everybody knew who you were talking about - just like Aretha, Smokey, Patti, Teddy, Anita. He will be sorely missed.

Luther, I hope that you find all the peace and solace you deserve in heaven for certainly you are up there dancing with your father again.