The Postcard

 

By: Gail Nobles

It was back in the 80’s when I wrote Whitney Houston a letter. I didn’t know anything about her trials and tribulations, but I knew there might be some hard times for her like anyone else in life. So I sat down and wrote Whitney a Christian letter. I really liked her a lot and saw her as a person. I thought, “I don’t know why I’m writing Whitney. I know I probably won’t hear from her. Them Hollywood stars always talking about they busy. All they got to do is slap a stamp on an envelope.” Well lol, that’s the way I thought. That’s the way a teenager should have thought about a celebrity in those days. It was normal though celebrities get lots of fan mail. I didn’t understand. 

Well, as time went on, I had forgotten all about the letter I had sent off in the mail to Whitney. I don’t even remember what I wrote to her. I think I remember writing something about Moses and telling her not to give up. The day I was writing her, I do remember having that part on my mind.

One day I came home from school. When I got home, mom was standing in the doorway with a little tiny smile on her face. Just a tiny one. I knew something was up. She was looking at me and wouldn’t take her eyes off of me. Now that I think about it, she saw herself. She knew what she had in herself and knew about what I would do. I asked mom what was wrong.

She said, “You got a surprise in the mail.” Mom handed me a postcard from Whitney’s fanclub. I don’t remember writing to Whitney’s fanclub, but anyway, I got a postcard. Mom asked, “What’s the matter?”

I said, “Mom, Whitney might not have gotten my letter. How do I know she got it? It probably got into the hands of someone else. She didn’t actually answer me. This is fanclub stuff.”

Mom said, “She might have gotten it. At least you got something. You could have got nothing.”

I held the postcard in my hand for a long time examining what was on the card. I put the card aside and right this very day I don’t know what I did with that postcard. I wish I had the mind then like the mind I have now today lol. Like I said, I didn’t understand.

Whitney Houston - Live in Concert ( Sopot, Poland 1999)

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Whitney Houston was live in concert at Sopot, Poland

 in 1999. I love how she was dressed in purple and black. I enjoyed all of the songs she had sung. I greatly enjoyed how she performed her song “Heartbreak Hotel” with a little remix of MJ.

Whitney Houston Live Concert in Spain 1991

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Whitney Houston’s live concert in Spain from 1991.  She gave  the world some wonderful performances and the concert said it all.

God Gave Me A Voice - Words of Whitney Houston

The accuser had to discredit her in some kind of way. He wanted to harm her good reputation. He couldn’t stand her because she had everything he once had and lost it. The accuser wanted to silence her, but Whitney kept on singing. She sang the gospel too. Read More

Whitney Houston - It Was In God's Plan

 

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God knows best. Yes, it was in God's plan. It was in God's plan. Whitney Houston asked her music director Rickey Minor about changing the National Anthem in a way that words could linger. Whitney performed the National Anthem like no one else did before. I believe that God was with her there. It was God that gave Whitney Houston her great singing talent. 

 Rickey Minor the director, Clive Davis the producer, Whitney Houston the singer, and God is so much more. When the crowd booed Whitney Houston at the Soul Train Awards, I knew that she was God's child. I asked God about it, and he said, "She was a wealthy woman."

      

Wealth can mean a lot of things in the Lord. Everything we have is a gift from God. Whitney had money, but she also had gifts and talents and maybe some hidden abilities too. Maybe she had things she didn't know she had. Maybe she could do some things she didn't know she could do. 

 Although Whitney Houston had trials, I'm glad that she knew the Lord, and that she was seeking him. It's not easy in the spotlight of the world. 

Whitney had fame and fortune, but all the glory and the honor and the praise belongs to God. We can't out live him, and we can't live without him. 

 Whitney said before she left us, "I'm gonna go see Jesus." 

Yes, it was in God's plan. It was in God's plan Whitney Houston - It Was In God's Plan © 2021 by Gail Nobles. You're listening to a Whitney Soul Podcast.

Whitney Houston - Broken Hearts, There's An Answer

 

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Broken hearts, there's an answer. Many times I have heard Whitney Houston sing, "Where Do Broken Hearts Go". They interrupted the program on television to say Whitney was gone. The good book said we'll rise again. And the question in Whitney's song came straight back around to me. Where do broken hearts go? She said goodbye with a broken heart, and I was left with one.

 I guess Whitney couldn't stay any longer. The 14th chapter of Rev. said, "Blessed are the dead who die in the Lord...." So it's not goodbye... Well Whitney, I'll be seeing you on the other side. ....

 

Whitney Houston - Speaking for Self

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Today's topic is Whitney Houston - Speaking for Self.  We don't see the whole aspect of a person's life in Hollywood. But we know that with Whitney Houston, things were good and not so good. There are gaps sometimes in between. Though she was a mega-star. Though she was a queen. 

 This was a woman they say shared an isolation with Michael Jackson. They would visit each other and sit in silence.

Whitney was asked how she wanted to be remembered. She said, " They are going to remember me how they want to remember me anyway. They are going to write books. They are going to write this, and they are going to write that, and everybody is going to have their own idea."

(singing) Each individual has got to live so they will know. Not telling what you heard. You can't express the spoken words. .....

A Whitney Soul Podcast Intro

A Whitney Soul Podcast intro video about Whitney Houston.

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There Could Have Been A Bodyguard 2 (ONE MORE Time for Love)

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I'm Gail Nobles and You're listening to Movies Unmade. Today's topic is "There Could Have Been a Bodyguard 2"

 We've seen The Bodyguard It is a 1992 Romantic thriller film directed by Mick Jackson, and Produced by Kevin Costner and Jim Wilson, and starring Kevin Costner and Whitney Houston. The film was written by Lawrence Kasdan.

 Now lets talk about the characters. Rachel, played by Whitney Houston, is an Academy Award -- nominated actress and music superstar who is being sent death threats by a stalker. Frank, played by Kevin Costner, was formally a secret service agent who protected Rachel.





It would have been nice to see a Bodyguard 2 film starring Whitney Houston & Keven Costner. What would have made a 2nd movie of it interesting is to see Rachel save Frank. It would have been fun to see Rachel shoot guns during a time when Frank could have been out numbered by several bad guys. They could have been a team.

 In the Bodyguard movie, Rachel and Frank leaves each other in the end kissing goodbye. It would have been nice to see them in A Bodyguard 2 movie escaping together. The movie could have been a film with more action than the first. I would have loved to have seen Frank and Rachel together one more time starring Whitney Houston and Kevin Costner.

 Whitney Houston left us with such a great memory. Thank you Kevin Costner for choosing her. I wish I could see you both just one more time .........

Whitney Houston Empower and Black Power

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Most of the time when I think of Whitney Houston, I think of the word Empower. In one of her music videos, she sings words mentioning she learned from the best. She sang with great authority and was very confident. I saw Whitney as a very strong singer and person.

With so much going on in the world right now today from Corona virus to racial problems to protesting and death, I still think of Whitney when I tune in into the music world. I see a great deal of black power when I look at photos and videos of Whitney now for sure. I saw a strong black woman from Newark going through a lot right before my eyes. There were things I didn't know that I saw, and there were things I didn't know that Whitney was going through. We didn't see the whole picture.The truth was in Whitney and her life. Not in the tabloids and what the world had to say about her. Whitney must speak for herself. Her life did some speaking, but only God knows all details.

What I heard happened to Whitney can happen to any of us. Look at the world today. We don't know what we'll have to face. We don't know what might drive us to do something wrong. Whitney died at the age of 48. Those of us that are still young in our 20's and 30's will be blessed if we get her age. We'll be blessed to make it to a career. If we do, like Whitney had done, we should always thank God. I thank God for sharing Whitney with us in music and how she empowered some of us as a woman with black power.

Thinking of a Houston Named Whitney

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Transcript

Singing: Thinking of a Houston Named Whitney
On My Mind Always

Everybody wants to know what happened to Whitney Houston. That means somebody was paying attention. That means somebody cared. I can hear her voice playing back in my mind.

Whitney Houston Quote: "Is there a misconception of the fact that when we became famous that we have these beautiful perfect lives, and that nothing is ever on a low? ..... Money doesn't make you happy."

All the time that Whitney was talking, how well did we listen? She was letting us know she was just a human being with ups and downs like you and I. I wish that I could have sat down and had a conversation with Whitney as a friend. I never got the chance to meet her, and now that she's gone, I've seen her maybe once or twice in my dreams. It kind of soothes the sorrow, but it still hurts if you know what I mean. .....

How Whitney Saved a Life and Her Dancers Grown Up

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Do you remember Whitney Houston's dancers?  Whitney has recognized people and made a difference in their lives. She has done good things that we may not all know she has done. I don't know if Whitney saw herself and how important she was to people. Though I never met her, she was important to me. Hearing Whitney sing, made me want to go on singing, and singing helped me to go on living. I don't know if Whitney felt loved, but people still talk about her and remember her today. So she must have had an impact on some people's lives.

Whitney Houston had some dancers on the stage with her. I remember when they were girls, and they were very talented dancers. They always amazed me how they moved in dancing. How Whitney met them, I do not know. She must have been good at seeking out talent. Whitney knew what was good, and she knew what she wanted. When she wanted to do something or wanted something, she went after it and got it.

One of the dancers is alive today because of Whitney Houston. All of them are alive and well. They took good care of themselves. I'm sure Whitney must have had an influence on them. See what they had to say from The Whitney Vault video.

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702 Talks Memories of Whitney Houston and Reuniting

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The group 702 was named after the area code in their hometown of Las Vegas, Nevada. In 1999 the trio released the most famous 702 song called "Where My Girls At?" on the album 702 which gained a high level of success for the group selling 1,000,000 copies in the United States.

702 talked about reuniting and their memories of Whitney Houston in an interview. When they were on tour sometimes Whitney would come out with Bobby Brown. The group talked about how humble and sweet Whitney was and how she sang one of their songs when she first met them.

W-H-I Whitney

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Transcript: (Singing Theme: W-H-I Whitney)

W-H-I Soul Whitney Houston
Whitney Houston put a hurtin' on the National Anthem back in 1991. Houston's National Anthem was the best ever. Remembering and Honoring Whitney Houston on the Soul Whitney Podcast. Whitney Houston was sining the gospel. Whitney was singing R&B

Singing (The Whitney Sound, The Hip Hop Sound, The Pop Sound; Whitney Houston in every sound.)

I'm Gail Nobles, and I hope you're enjoying the W-H-I Soul Whitney Houston Podcast. And Now it must come to a close until another day.....

Cissy Houston: Whitney Couldn't Lip - Synch

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It never appeared to me that Whitney lip - synch singing the Star Spangled Banner. In chapter 10 of Cissy's book, Remembering Whitney, Cissy said that Whitney was like her. She couldn't lip - synch. Whitney couldn't keep time with a song unless she was really singing it, and at the Super Bowl, you could tell looking at her that she was singing the whole time. I believe Whitney's mom. It certainly did look as if Whitney was singing the whole time to me.

Cissy: When she hit that final note, and then the jets flew overhead, I can't imagine there was a dry eye in that stadium.

Remembering Whitney Chapter 1 and 2 Review

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Today, I received Cissy Houston's book in the mail. So far, I have read chapter 1 and 2. Chapter 1 was about the last time Cissy saw Whitney, but chapter 2 was a better chapter. I knew and could feel everything Cissy was talking about, because how she grew up is kind of the way my mother grew up. Like Cissy, my mother grew up in hard times and came from a family of fourteen. Cissy's mother had eight children. While reading about Cissy's family, if I had not known any better, I would have thought that I was reading about my own family. Cissy had an Aunt named Juanita and so did I on my mother's side. Cissy described her father, and the description of him sounded like my great great grandmother's father. The way Cissy described herself as a little girl was kind of the way my mother described herself as a little girl. Cissy's mom had to battle with sickness and so did my mom's mother. Reading about Cissy and her family made me wonder. I enjoyed reading chapter 2 titled , "A Child of Newark".

Remembering Whitney by Cissy Houston

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Check out the Book Review "Remembering Whitney" by Cissy Houston.