Turning 50 without Michael and Whitney

As I continue to ponder about my impending realization that I will turn 50 years old in February, I began to think of the most basic thought in our life's paths; expecting familiarity as part of getting older.

I grew up with the music from the 70s, 80s, and 90s which included all time favorites from the king of pop, Michael Jackson and amazing vocals from Whitney Houston. Sadly, they are no longer with us, as they left this world before they even turned 51. It struck a void for a moment as I obviously thought they'd be around for a while - creating songs for many more years, but no.

Whitney Houston's song, "The Greatest Love of All" was our senior graduation class song. We spent our lunch hours learning and perfecting the lyrics not necessarily to her exact vocals, but to at least give homage to the lyrics and the hopes the words we sang on graduation day would resonate in our minds as we soon begin to head out to our new adventure out into the "real" world. (Well, actually outside of our campus grounds in Ewa Beach)

Funny how life throws a curve. What we see or expect during our lives never really stay constant as we had hoped. One thing is for sure, is that what we continue to put out really matters in our own destiny of just living life; one step at a time.