There are times throughout life when someone dies and we all feel we lost somebody who has touched our lives. Whitney was certainly one of those people. What happened Whitney? Was it drugs? Or was it something else? There are many people today, Valentine’s Day, who are without someone to love them. Some of these people have been emotionally, physically, or sexually abused. I hope this was not true for you.

We miss you and the smiles you brought to our faces when you sang. No one knows what happened to make you use drugs, but I know and treat many people who suffer from drug abuse. Many of them have been survivors of childhood sexual abuse. It is incredible how their lives were changed by this kind of violation. For them Valentine’s Day is usually a day of remembering feeling unloved and abused.

To all of you who have suffered at the hands of pedophiles and predators I wish you a Valentine’s Day of peace and healing.

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Whitney, I wish the same to you and hope that you are finally at peace.