Anything But Gray

Obviously there were many, many touching moments during MJ's memorial……funny stories, touching tributes, heartbreaking pleas….I could sit here quoting all day…but 2 moments stand out, for me. (aside from the gut wrenching, heart breaking, tearful good bye from his daughter….)

This, from Stevie Wonder….

"This is a moment that I wish that I didn't live to see come. But as
much as I can say that and mean it, I do know that God is good and I do
know that as much as we may feel — and we do — that we need Michael
here with us, God must have needed him far more." — Stevie Wonder.

And this from Rev. Al Sharpton…

“There ain’t nothin’ strange about your daddy! It was strange what he had to deal with!”

I loved this…I really, really did. Now, we all know he did, indeed, get weirder and weirder as the years went by. But really, was it any more odd than anyone else? Was it just because his eccentricities were on a worldwide stage that made them seem even MORE bizarre. I don't know. What I do know is that I have certainly known stranger people in my life….I watch a woman walk by my house on the way the school, every day. She talks to herself. Loudly. Even fights sometimes….and then I watch her walk back with her two children, walking holding their hands. And you would not think anything was up with this woman, seeing her with her children. It's like she manages to shelf the bizarre behavior….

Point being….there are a lot of strange people in the world…..if nothing else comes out of this tragedy….perhaps we can all learn to be more tolerant of each other….of our differences. It's what makes the world go 'round…..