As my LS said on Facebook, “A little piece of me on Vanderbilt forever!” Well said Soror! This is just awesome.
Unveiled Friday, October 21, 2011 - Vanderbilt Homecoming 2011
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Amazing photos of Michael Jackson that were displayed throughout his memorial service. Absolutely stunning photography that beautifully and perfectly adorned a very touching service.
RIP MJ! Still can’t believe you are gone. I didn’t realize how much of my childhood was defined by your music, your family, and your accomplishments. I’m sorry that I prescribed to the BS spewed by the media and regret believing anything that came from someone other than you directly. I love you. Thanks for the music and the legacy. You live forever through it. Dance with the angels now.
Imagery of MICHAEL JACKSON (1958-2009) in and around the Memorial Service held for him in Los Angeles, CA on July 7, 2009 at the Staples Center.
We Had Him
-Written by Maya Angelou
-Read by Queen Latifah
Beloveds, now we know that we know nothing, now that our bright and shining star can slip away from our fingertips like a puff of summer wind.
Without notice, our dear love can escape our doting embrace. Sing our songs among the stars and walk our dances across the face of the moon.
In the instant that Michael is gone, we know nothing. No clocks can tell time. No oceans can rush our tides with the abrupt absence of our treasure.
Though we are many, each of us is achingly alone, piercingly alone.
Only when we confess our confusion can we remember that he was a gift to us and we did have him.
He came to us from the creator, trailing creativity in abundance.
Despite the anguish, his life was sheathed in mother love, family love, and survived and did more than that.
He thrived with passion and compassion, humor and style. We had him whether we know who he was or did not know, he was ours and we were his.
We had him, beautiful, delighting our eyes.
His hat, aslant over his brow, and took a pose on his toes for all of us.
And we laughed and stomped our feet for him.
We were enchanted with his passion because he held nothing. He gave us all he had been given.
Today in Tokyo, beneath the Eiffel Tower, in Ghana’s Black Star Square.
In Johannesburg and Pittsburgh, in Birmingham, Alabama, and Birmingham, England
We are missing Michael.
But we do know we had him, and we are the world.
-Maya Angelou
