To post or not to post.... about Mike Jack

I have been debating this for a while. People are talking about it so much, and I kind of want to forget. Last night, after the crazy storm, Janet came on stage and said "to you he's an icon, but to us he's family". I was thinking about how true that was. He is an icon to me and that is why it is okay to talk about him. That is why I finally decided, what the hey "I loved that man's music, so why shouldn't I express myself somehow.

I'm not sure what I could say that would be any different from what millions of other people have said. I'm not even sure I wanted to post this because I had something creative, new, and/or great to say. I just came to a point where I felt like I was a traitor for not talking about it more, for not going somewhere in his memory, for not mourning. BTW, I think it is a little weird to mourn someone you don't know.

People have been celebrating his life since he passed away, but is that truly any different from mourning his death? I would have originally said it was, but the symptoms are the same. In mourning, people would have done tributes, told stories, cried, played his music all day every day, consoled the family, and reached out to his friends ultimately showing how much he meant to them. I think the only difference is that everyone isn't crying all the time. It comes in spurts.

I thought that rambling a little would allow me to think about what I wanted to write, but no. So........ I'm just going to say that Michael was amazing at his job. I take that back, he was freaking fantastic at what he did. What exactly did he do? Motivate the world to be a better place, tell people of all colors that they were loved, allow people to express themselves and be understood through music??? Who knows what he did for everybody? I'm not even sure that matters. I do know that for a million different reasons, Michael will be remembered forever and that is all that really matters.

He is one of my favorite songs of all time. Enjoy!