A true role model

I am definitely disappointed and aggravated with our culture. Yes, in the 1980s and 1990s, Whitney Houston was my hero. I loved her voice, her fashion, her songs, her ability....you name it, I loved it. I would sing her songs as loudly as I could, especially when I was heartbroken over my latest crush. But, I moved on and I grew up. Though I can still sing every word of "I will always love you", I learned to appreciate talent but not idolize the one who holds the talent. Whitney was a woman with a sad life. She ruined her voice with drug and alcohol abuse. For me, that lifestyle is not admirable. I made a choice in high school that I would not have a celebrity as a role model. While most high schoolers around me wrote essays about pop singers, rap stars, and pro athletes, I chose to write about my grandmother.

Grandma is the kind of woman any person can admire. She loves her family unconditionally; she is a woman of fine moral character; she was a loving wife; she is a respected mom and a thoughtful teacher. She's the kind of woman I aspire to be...a Godly woman who loves her Lord more than anything else.

Proverbs 31:10 a wife of noble character who can find? She is worth far more than rubies.
25-30 she is clothed with strength and dignity; she can laugh at the days to come. She speaks with wisdom, and faithful instruction is on her tongue. She watches over the affairs of her household and does not eat the bread of idleness. Her children arise and call her blessed; her husband, also, and he praises her; many women do noble things, but you surpass them all. Charm is deceptive and beauty is fleeting; but a woman who fears the Lord is to be praised.

I love you, Grandma. Thank you for being the example you are.