The loss of an icon

Today was a day for sad news.

I heard that a wonderful lady, Boo, who was a star of our scrapping community, passed away yesterday. Our scrapping community is a close one. We are friends who support each other. We laugh together, we craft together, we share together and we cry together. Many of us have been friends for years. We meet up, we chat on line, we share ideas. And for many of us Boo was a key character. Boo was such a special lady and is missed by so many of us. She will be another who lives in our hearts forever.

And then there was other sad news.

 

I grew up in the 70s.

 

My teenage years were spent in what I believe was one of the best times ever.

I grew up with musical diversity, with people who were prepared to be bold, to be different, to be innovative. People who broke the boundaries, who explored, who shocked and impressed.

I grew up at a time when music was so much a part of our youth and was changing so dramatically.

 

I grew up in a David Bowie era.

 

 

 

 

 

 

There have been many 'great stars' died and they have all had their impact on other people. I remember Elvis Presley dying but I confess that didn't touch me as much as it touched my parents. I remember waking up at University to the news John Lennon had been shot and being shocked but again, he wasn't really my era.

I remember the death of Michael Jackson - worldwide news again - and although I loved his music it was later in my life.

The death of Freddie Mercury shocked me - he was music of my youth.

And so, most definitely, was David Bowie.

 

I was shocked when I heard the news at 6.30 this morning and am shocked now. He was such a permanent musical fixture. A man who could transform himself in a hundred different ways, each so amazing, who could move from Ziggy Stardust to The Man Who Fell to Earth to Alladdin Sane to singing with Bing Crosby. A man with such stage presence, such musical talent, such an amazing voice. A man with so many many iconic songs to his name.

 

Rest in peace Boo and David Bowie. Heaven will be rocking with both music and laughter with two new angels.

 

Comments

[Barb in AK]

I am so sorry to hear of the loss of your friend, Boo. I know I have been friends with some online scrappers for nearly 20 years. We consider ourselves sisters, and many of us get together once a year to scrap IRL. Losing any of them would be as though losing a family member.

David Bowie-- wow, what a shocker on today's news. The world has lost such a creative, trend-setting man. I enjoyed so many of his songs! He and Elvis Presley shared the same birth day. So young to be gone. R.I.P., David.