Make Smart Choices And Stop Putting Off Your Dreams
Bobbi Kristina Brown and Nick Gordon
Bobbi Kristina Brown, the daughter of the late singer,
Whitney Houston, made many plans in trying to align her life
with the career of her mother, who had set many historic records
in the entertainment history. Houston was the most naturally gifted female singer of the
1980s and 1990s. Houston’s career took off at age 22. Her
daughter, Bobbi Kristina, aged 21, was making similar plans to
launch her singing career at age 22 as well. Bobbi Kristina
posted tweets on the social networking website Twitter
indicating she is going into the studio to record her first
album. However, those plans are gone now, as Bobbi Kristina is
laying in a medically induced coma on life support in Atlanta,
after drowning in a bathtub, due to a drug overdose.
As stated in the column previously, there was far too much
pressure on Bobbi Kristina to look and sound like her legendary
mother, Whitney, when there was nothing wrong with her voice or
appearance. Her look was not mainstream, but she could have made
it work.
Two years ago, the Judiciary Report had suggested
self-conscious Bobbi Kristina could undergo plastic surgery. It
was not an insult. It was a simple suggestion to a young girl who was being
openly insulted by members of the public for not looking like
her superstar mother and one could sense it was taking its toll
on her. I also wrote it with the understanding of how Hollywood
can be and the difference a bit of cosmetic work would make to
the career Bobbi Kristina so desperately wanted.
Bobbi Kristina Brown began starving
herself to look like her mother
People wanted Bobbi Kristina to look like Whitney, a former
model, who in her youth was very thin. Bobbi Kristina began
starving herself to the point she became thinner than Whitney
ever was, leaving her with an emaciated, malnourished
appearance.
People also openly criticized Bobbi Kristina’s voice, after
she uploaded a video of herself singing, but there was nothing
wrong with her sound. She sings like her dad, who was a capable
singer in his hay day. However, when you have people measuring a
young girl’s voice against that of Whitney Houston, the
comparisons are likely going to be unfavorable. Nonetheless,
Bobbi Kristina‘s voice was much better than many modern singers
such as Britney Spears and Rihanna.
I know talent when I see it in music and sports. Bobbi
Kristina could have achieved a commercially successful singing
career, as her voice was pretty. She may not have been a better
singer than her mom, but she was a better dancer, in something
that helped her dad (coupled with his voice) sell 15 million
records worldwide and amass a $20,000,000 fortune.
Bobbi Kristina Brown and Nick Gordon
However, drugs destroyed Bobby Brown's career and led to unwise
financial decisions that left him flat broke. Drugs destroyed
Houston and led to an early death, when she passed away in 2012
at age 48. Now drugs have destroyed
Bobbi Kristina’s health. It’s a vicious cycle and one that needs
to be broken.
Drugs destroy dreams. People need to understand that. Truly
understand what it means and leave drugs alone. If you are a
drug user, go to rehab and fight for your sobriety. It is worth
it. Many addicts have forsaken drugs and lead sober, healthy
lives. It can be done. People do this every day.
In closing, live your life. Don’t put off your hopes and
dreams saying one day you will achieve them. Seize the day and
do what you can now, as you don’t know what tomorrow will bring.
Make positive, productive choices that will make your life
better. Don’t take your age for granted thinking you’re too
young or too old. Do what you can today.
