Stevie Shares Thoughts On Peter Jennings...

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Originally Posted by sodascouts

It's wonderful that Stevie cares enough to write to people and express sympathy. She has a kind heart and I love her. That said...

I truly hope this isn't what she sent to Peter Jennings because if it is, I'm embarrassed for her. This letter is incredibly self-absorbed. It's like "Let me comfort you by telling you about how I persevered after 911 with the help of my good friend Don Henley. Because you were my favorite newscaster on 911 and so telling you the tale of my heroic decision to continue sharing music with people to help them forget is totally meaningful."

Yikes, Stevie.

Well, when she wrote that she was sending him some CD's and said trouble in shangri-la was her masterpiece I kind of did cringe, but I guess that's just her, and while I do think the gesture of her sending him that letter was very touching, I don't think showing us all a copy of the letter is. It would be one thing to just make a statement to the public about how saddened she is and what he meant to her, but to basically say "hey, look at what I sent to him" I find a little... unusual.

I think the message about not smoking was good though. I just lost my mom last week and she was a chain smoker her whole life. She had several strokes and a heart attack. She was only 56. People tend to just think of cancer when they think of the risks associated with smoking, but really it can be harmful in so many other ways.