{"id":6144,"date":"2016-04-24T07:58:37","date_gmt":"2016-04-24T11:58:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/intramuralist.com\/?p=6144"},"modified":"2016-04-24T07:58:37","modified_gmt":"2016-04-24T11:58:37","slug":"prince-et-al","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/intramuralist.com\/?p=6144","title":{"rendered":"prince, et al."},"content":{"rendered":"

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Never will I forget\u2026 far too many to quote from\u2026<\/p>\n

\u201cLittle red Corvette<\/em>
\nBaby you’re much too fast<\/em>
\nLittle red Corvette<\/em>
\nYou need a love that’s gonna last\u2026\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

\u2026 to\u2026<\/p>\n

\u201cHow can you just leave me standing?<\/em>
\nAlone in a world that’s so cold? <\/em>
\nMaybe I’m just too demanding<\/em>
\nMaybe I’m just like my father too bold\u2026\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

\u2026 to\u2026<\/p>\n

\u201cSometimes it snows in April<\/em>
\nSometimes I feel so bad, so bad<\/em>
\nSometimes I wish life was never ending,<\/em>
\nAnd all good things, they say, never last\u2026\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

“Little Red Corvette,” “When Doves Cry,” even “Sometimes It Snows In April”\u2026 When iconic musician Prince passed away on Thursday, so many of those lyrics flashed through my head. I found myself engaged in my own, private, somber lip sync\u2026<\/p>\n

Prince Rogers Nelson contributed much to far more than a small corner of the world. His death is shocking and sobering, recognizing that an incredibly gifted and talented man has left us. Much like the deaths of David Bowie, Glenn Frey, and Joey Feek earlier in the year, we are left saddened by the loss. I must say, there many nights I spent \u2014 especially in the 80\u2019s \u2014 with a school book on my desk and Prince singing somewhere in the background. Still more nights I dropped the book and danced away with several of us\u00a0sorority sisters in the room. But we are sobered by the loss of someone who meant so much.<\/p>\n

I never wish, however, for the loss of any other to be any less sobering\u2026<\/p>\n

As one of my long time friends that is closer than a brother said yesterday:<\/p>\n

\u201cWhile we collectively mourn the death of Prince, let us not forget to mourn and pray for the families of \u2018everyday people\u2019 who also leave this world long before we desire. Let’s remember to pray for the parents who have to bury their child, or the family who has to say goodbye to one of the shining beacons in their family who has touched countless lives. Let’s remember to pray for those whose family member(s) were killed due to some seemingly senseless crime or had their lives snatched away from an earthquake, flood, or other natural disaster. These people may not have a global impact like a celebrity may have, but to those who knew them, they were a big part of their world.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

In other words, there exist lots of \u201cbig parts\u201d to our individual worlds. Celebrity status does not equate to less sad or less sobering. Celebrity status only means more of us\u00a0are familiar; it does not mean the impact of a lesser known person is any less.<\/p>\n

Most of us have experienced the loss of life of someone who is deeply important. From the waitress I spoke to on Friday who\u00a0just lost her father to the over 650 who passed away in Equador\u2019s recent earthquake, all loss of life is significant.<\/p>\n

As Prince\u2019s brother-in-law said, \u201cDeath isn\u2019t easy for anybody.\u201d No, it’s not.<\/p>\n

Death is sobering. The loss of life is sad and significant. It also prompts me to ask some of life’s bigger, more challenging questions.<\/p>\n

Let us not forget…<\/p>\n

Respectfully\u2026
\nAR<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Never will I forget\u2026 far too many to quote from\u2026 \u201cLittle red Corvette Baby you’re much too fast Little red Corvette You need a love that’s gonna last\u2026\u201d \u2026 to\u2026 \u201cHow can you just leave me standing? Alone in a world that’s so cold? Maybe I’m just too demanding Maybe I’m just like my father … <\/p>\n

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