So from this title, I am sure you can tell I am going to share my thoughts on what happened over the weekend with Christina Grimmie.
If you don't know what happened, Christina Grimmie was at a show in Orlando, Florida where she was the headliner for a band. She had finished her set and was outside the venue signing autographs and pictures. As she was happy and smiling with her fans, a 29 year old man came right up to her and shot her multiple times. The brother tackled the shooter and then the shooter shot himself.
It was about midnight when I had heard about what happened to Christina. I was browsing my instagram feed and saw that Shane Dawson, a YouTuber that I watch, had posted a picture of him and her and asked for people to pray for her. I was completely confused and so I went to Twitter to find out more.
When I read everything that happened, I was in complete shock. I ran to my sisters and told them the news. Christina was someone that I started watching on YouTube basically when I first started watching YouTube. I was really into watching people sing covers of songs and hearing how they twisted it to be completely different and that was what Christina did. Her voice was one of the best voices I have ever heard. She had the biggest vocal range and all in all you could just tell that she loved singing. When the news broke that she was going to be on The Voice, I was ecstatic and jumping for joy.
She was only 22 years old when she died that day.
The night that it all happened, I couldn't sleep at all. It wasn't like I had ever met her or was best friends with her, but it hurt my heart that it happened. She was one of the sweetest people out there. She didn't perform because she wanted money and fame, she performed because she loved it and wanted other people to be inspired by it. Bad things happen to good people and that is definitely what happened in this case.
It hurt me that this 22 year old (Which is very close to my age) would have everything ahead of her only to have it ripped away. Its hard to process something like that. I kept imagining how awful it must have been when it all happened and it just made me angry with the way the world is going. Why did this happen? Why is it so easy for these type of shootings to occur? When will change happen?
This situation resembled, to me the story of Selena Quintanilla. She was a singer from a while back that was just like Christina. She had impeccable talent and she had a good heart. One day she was fatally shot and was taken from the world too soon.
Christina may have died way too early, but she did leave a mark on peoples hearts. She inspired me to love what I do and to do it through God. I love to dance and its something that I want to do for a big part of my life. Christina helped to show me that if I love it, I can do it and that when I achieve my dreams its more important to do it for the people watching then for what I get out of it.
These events should not be occurring in our world. People should not be afraid to go outside because of what might happen to them. As if what happened to Christina wasn't bad enough, a bar in Orlando called Pulse was shot up killing 50 people. These were people that were just trying to enjoy life. They were there because they felt safe and they thought they would be totally fine. But unfortunately they weren't.
The hardest thing for me to comprehend about all of this, is that I don't know the solution. I don't know what we can do to make a change. And that scares me. People have started to think its okay to do these things but its not. Some say that the world is a scary place now, but I think people are becoming more scary.
Updates.....
In a matter of two days I will be going to California! Wooo! So excited. We are going to be going to Universal, Knotts Berry Farm, The beach, Disney! Everything! The best part is when I am at Disney my second family will be there! haha! They are going to be there for one day so it will be super hectic but it will be fun.
I am dog sitting for the family mentioned above until I leave and it is so fun. Most people know that I am mainly a people person, but this dog is super special and makes it all easy. Her name is Bubba and she is a pug.
I am still choreographing and dancing so its all fun!
Stay safe everyone and tell each other that you love one another.
That's all for now,
Until next time,
XOXO,
Gossip Girl
Aka.. M'lyn
