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An Afternoon With Whitney Houston

An afternoon with former Johns Creek resident Whitney Houston ~ she was funny, kind and warm.

Johns Creek has become the home of many celebrities.  We see them around town, at the grocery store or getting their hair done in our favorite salon. I have had the luxury of meeting many of these celebrities because of the clientele I represent. I have represented many athletes and celebrities and have been confused and even angered by some of the them.  

Almost of all of them have been exceptionally nice and respectful to me and my staff, but then once in a while, the pre-madonna or the super ego would surface and we all wonder why they could be so indifferent to other accomplished people. 

Whitney Houston was a big surprise to me. My client with whom she was staying, while her house was being built in the Country Club of the South, asked me to come over to his house one afternoon.  

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I knew that Whitney and her family were there, but I didn't really expect to meet her. While we were sitting in his keeping room, Whitney walked in and came directly over to me and hugged me! She told me that my client had told her about me and she was happy to meet me. She offered me a glass of ice tea and then she sat down beside me and asked me about my family. She was also interested in knowing how I got into the real estate business. She asked me about my church and I told her I sang in the choir when I was young, but those days weren't as fruitful for me as they were for her; she laughed and said that she was blessed.  

She told me that any friend of my client (her host) was a friend of hers.  I stayed for several hours and really enjoyed the opportunity to visit with a woman whose music I loved and whose reputation was legendary.

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When I left the house I was thinking about how skinny she was and when she hugged me I could feel her bones. She had her signature headband around her forehead, pushing her hair straight up.  She was not egotistical at all, she was kind and warm, she was much different than I expected her to be.  

In the days following my visit with Whitney, I would see her in the Fresh Market shopping center where my office is.  She would always speak to me when she saw me. It became common place to see her in our shopping center. My agents would come in talking about the "Whitney sighting."  Normally her body guard was with her but she would be in her Jeep and he would be in his black Suburban.  It was obvious when she was in the nail salon because her body guard would be standing outside the door. It was our little Hollywood!

When I heard about her death on Saturday, I was shocked. Just like everyone else, I was so hoping that Whitney had gotten help for her addictions and that she was now healthy, happy and successful again.  I have had this sense of dread hanging over me, even though I only met her for a day, but it was the simpleness of that meeting in a relaxed setting and there was no super ego present. I was in the presence of a person who was at one time so incredibly talented, but yet so fragile and unhealthy.  The incongruence was bad for my brain.

Her death was not necessary. How did this happen?  Didn't anyone see that she was in peril? Did they not care? What are they saying now; if only?  If only the enablers would learn a lesson from the deaths of other celebrities, keeping their heads in the sand, while the addict continues to spiral downward doesn't work at all! This just makes me sick. 

R.I.P. Whitney Houston, your struggles are now over.

My prayers are with her daughter and her Mother.  

Rebecca Currie

Elite Real Estate Properties

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