I'm so sad to say I was afraid this was what had happened. I was hoping it wasn't true, but I thought from early on when the reports first surfaced that she must have drowned in her bathtub. Sure enough, when the news surfaced today about the Whitney Houston cause of death, my fears were confirmed. What a sad and horrifying end for such a beautiful woman. Her life started out with so much promise and ended in so much tragedy.
This cause of death really hits home to me because my step-dad was an alcoholic, and drowning in the bathtub was a real danger for him. Many times as I was growing up, I would watch my mom check in on him after he had been in the tub a long time. Quite often he had passed out in there, cigarette still burning in his mouth. Fortunately, he never slipped under the water, but it easily could have happened if she hadn't been so vigilant. After a few years, she finally found the courage to break away from that unhealthy man and marriage, but that is a story for another post.
The point is that drowning in your own tub is such a needless and preventable death, and it just breaks my heart to hear that is what finally ended her life. I cannot imagine being the one to find her in that state. In the days since her death, I have been randomly watching YouTube videos of Whitney Houston in her prime. I will choose to remember her as she once was and hope that her family and friends can find some solace in their memories of her, too.
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