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Reba McIntire

EMOTIONAL SCARS, BARS AND STARS Uncategorized

EMOTIONAL SCARS, BARS AND STARS

Pinch yourself, Kelita! You’re not dreaming - that is Reba McIntire singing beside you. Yep, the same surreal feeling as being on stage with k. d. Lang. Just like the starstruck stance of Eileen (Shania) Twain when she sang back up for you. Through The Hardships You would never guess from the vibrancy in Kelita's smile that she endured years of childhood sexual abuse, addiction, tragedy and marital unfaithfulness. Kelita’s life history reads like a heart-rending version of Ripley’s believe-it-not. Father - suicide when she was 11. Mother - died of cancer when she was 14. She was repeatedly abused by a step-brother. A younger sister died in a car accident. Her older brother drowned. At 18 she moved 2,200km to…
Bob Jones
September 21, 2016