Oprah got the interview... The Houston Family spoke

Just beautiful

...

Did you see Oprah's interview of

The Houston Family?

The family of

Whitney Elizabeth Houston

*gone too soon*

and

the autopsy is still pending.

Only "O" could get the first in depth interview

and

she was able to talk to

Krissie the beloved child

of a star that millions now are buying CD's and boosting her back on top of the charts.

I found it odd that they talked

standing up

rather than sitting down,

the staging

the body language told more than

the words

but

I was impressed at the poise of Krissie,

I found myself wondering

if she had

or has

a therapist that is walking with her on this journey of her remarkable grief.

Oprah knows when to make an

interview

while I'm sure helping her viewership

of

OWN

that we hear is not doing nearly as good as she hoped.

She spoke to Krissie

and

Krissie spoke as one who is trying to wrap her heart and mind together

although appears to still be in the

"nightmare" fog

secondary to traumatic stress

and

the death of her best friend.

Many learned much

about the relationship of

Whitney and her daughter on that show.

Of a love, yet change of roles

where Krissie was in the best friend role,

the

assurer role for her Mom

and

provided her with such profound support

"I've gotch YOU"

the refrain that we heard over and again.

Faith is strong in the Houston family,

and

Faith will carry them on

and

through the days and months ahead.

I wonder if this interview

was

too soon,

too uncomfortable

to painful

too nerve racking

to much

for

the Houston family.

After all, it's only been a month or so,

since the world was told

and

we have heard

"I will Always Love YOU"

to the point of not wanting to hear it for awhile.

The funeral was moving

the words, singing, the casket and flowers

amazing

and

the tributes felt from the core of being.

We've been subjected to the not so flattering pictures, heard and re heard the speculations,

blames that have been cast,

and

then

National Enquirer showed the last photograph

of

Whitney in her casket.

It's been so ugly in so many ways

to hear the statements of others,

read and listen to the press.

And

yes, addictions are horrible,

choices we make each and every day

affect and can infect so many around us,

can devastate in a hot second

a world,

individuals.

"I got YOU baby"

the words of a mother that are now coming to her child through spirit

and

lights turning off and on

and

messages.

So quickly after the death, so powerful

for

Krissie and vital for her right here and right now.

The initial hug between Oprah and Krissie

while comforting was strained,

Krissie appeared nervous,

some will say she was nervous to be in the presence of Oprah.

I would have embraced her with more

I think,

with one of those

"I've GOT YOU" hugs...

heart to heart

...

And I am still not getting why they stood during the entire interview,

rather than sitting together

as

we later listened to Whitney's best friend, manager and sister-in-law

talk with O.

We saw

clips of Whitney on stage with Oprah

her singing with Clive in the audience.

Oh how he believed she would return to greatness.

It was a night

of remembering Whitney,

of seeing a family

trying to stand strong during an interview

after the pleasant "you home is lovely",

moments,

a time

of

sorrow

and contemplation

while hearing the thoughts

from the Houston's

as they still stand in shock over this reality.

She seemed to know something was getting ready to happen, a feeling that so many in life have expressed at times, when they

"Just Knew",

perhaps that is why she hadn't been in to see Whitney earlier,

or

why when she heard the screams she did not run,

but continued to walk after responding to someone to "call 911"

and

walked into that room.

Her heart knew.

Cissy Houston knew on a heart level it seems as well.

She had "that feeling", that sense that

her baby wouldn't be here for long.

And

then Whitney's brother Gary Houston

joined on the interview.

There we saw

personified

grief and shock

of the reality of loss.

As he spoke with great finese

and

strength.

He commented on the picture taken of his sister in the casket

referring to whoever took it as "wicked",

and you could see the pain in his face,

his concern for his Mother,

his great love

of family.

Brother and sister, and they seemed to genuinely love each other, and like each other...

He ended by singing and his daughter playing the piano,

O and Patricia at the end of the piano.

His voice strong, his intention clear,

and

then it happened...

Reality and pain

real, uncensored,

depth of

his pain through the music

the life shared with a sister that is no longer here spilled forward.

...

Oprahs' ending of that powerful interview,

well,

respectfully said,

I did not like it.

It felt like a "show that ended",

"that's a wrap"

sort of thing,

and

somehow it bothered me,

I ached for the family.

Perhaps this should have waited

awhile,

the emotions would have been there,

the realness would have been there,

but

somehow

one month after a sudden and unexpected death

seems to soon

to have folks

in front of cameras

to talk of the depth of their loss

and

answer questions the world wants to know.

I worry for Krissie,

19 living in her own home,

making choices for herself

and

all the tempations that will find her.

I pray that her faith

and

the messages

she is receiving will give her what she needs

to step into her own greatness,

having learned so much from

such tragedy

and

loss.

I could listen to this song

all

day.

Thank you

Whitney Houston

for the music,

the dancing I did when you were

hot and on the scene,

the memories your music brings forward.

We all have been so blessed by

music

and

those who are so gifted in their delivery!

Oprah asked in her ending,

"have you had or did you get closure"?

With that I thought I would fall off my couch.

I for one do not like the

word

closure

as it relates to grief, to death.

But,

to sudden loss/death?

Surprisingly Patricia and Gary

seemed to think they have closure,

I believe that they have faith,

strong and loving faith.

Their faith lets them know that

Whitney Elizabeth Houston

is safe now,

she is with her Lord,

she is out of the lime light

and

those who were not there for her all the years she could have used someone to stand.

Faith

we have to

at times

Faith it til we Make it.

I wish them all the time they need to come to grips with this painful loss,

and

the privacy and peace that all families

deserve.

Just keepin it real,

I wish and pray they have someone to walk this journey through sudden and traumatic loss with them, while they lean into each other

with

faith, love, compassion, and tolerence.