Throwback Thursdays...

In the middle of a nap today, I got a couple text messages from some friends saying that Michael Jackson was either sick or has passed away. I figured since they varied, I wouldn't believe either. It wasn't until I signed into facebook and nearly all my friends had MJ references in their statuses that I realized it was true. It's a crazy day in history and technology when you can check a series of facebook statuses to confirm some news you heard. A crazy day.

With that being said, my thought go out to Michael Jackson's family. Mourning the loss of a relative is never easy, but mourning the loss of a family member who also is a public figure is even more complicated. I hope they find peace.

In the theme of Throwback Thursdays, I remember being very young, listening to Michael Jackson's "Up Against the Wall" album when they first started printing CDs. I would sit in my mother's office, listening to it in its entirety, dancing, memorizing the words. I remember trying to do the moonwalk, and not "mastering" it until I was grown. I remember watching concerts on TV and seeing rows of girls passing out as he looked in their direction. This year, I did the moonwalk for a group of seven year olds, and I realized that they never had the pleasure.
I hope we can keep his legacy alive...and I hope our generation and those after will bring artists of that caliber. Michael Jackson will be missed by people of all ages.