Sunday October 26

A Soulful Noise

Jennifer Hudson Is In Our Thoughts and Prayers

We tend to think we know Jennifer Hudson because we know her music, and her movie roles, her engagement news and what's up next on her professional plate. Because we know all of that, and maybe some interesting "tidbits" learned from "sources," we feel that we know everything about her. We feel that we know her pain threshold because we witnessed how well she carried herself after losing unceremoniously on American Idol, how she turned that momentary disappointment into triumph, eventually landing an Academy Award for her role in the film Dreamgirls. We feel we know of her ability to bounce back after watching her nail the character of Effie White with aplomb, clawing her way back from despair on the big screen, announcing defiantly that she wasn't going anywhere. We believed her. So we think we know.

Except, we don't.

In a recent interview with the Associated Press, Ms. Hudson told the reporter that her "faith in God and my family, they're very realistic and very normal, they're not into the whole limelight kind of thing." She also stated that when she goes home to her mom, she's "just Jennifer," and that her mother wouldn't hesitate to let her know that she had to get up and take care of her own stuff.

We don't know of anything in the world that could come close to consoling the 27-year-old Chicago native as she deals with the murders of both her mother and brother, Darnell Donerson and Jason Hudson. There are no words that we could utter to help bring her nephew, Julian King, back safely. The SoulBounce family isn't sure if Jennifer can overcome this unimaginable tragedy, or whether she can get up from this and continue to take care of her own stuff.  We have no inside scoop on how this will affect her going forward and what she's still destined to accomplish. Nobody knows that. Hopefully, her faith and family will help carry her past this. What's left is for us to keep her and her family in our thoughts and prayers.

Please know that we will.

Comments

My prayers go out to Jennifer and Julia Hudson & the entire Hudson family, just believe and keep the faith that GOD will work everything out in your favor.

This article was excellent..Job well done!

peace & love

this is by far the best post or article I've come across regarding the unimaginable tragedy Jennifer Hudson and her family are experiencing. our prayers are with you Jennifer!!!

This whole thing is fugged up. I hope the person who did this fries. My thoughts, prays sympathy and condolences go out to the Hudson family.

What a wicked world we live in... my heart goes out to Jennifer Hudson and her family.

it looks like they found Julian's body. this is so horrible.

My heart and prayers go out to Jennifer and her family in this time of tragedy.

Powerful post. Nicely worded. Well done! Great blog, by the way. Just got a chance to check it out.

Beautifully written post...my heart and prayers goes out to the Hudson family.

Wonderful post!!! I am speechless. Everyday I am praying that Jennifer's nephew Julian is found...safe and sound and returned to his family.

I'm keeping Jennifer, Julia and the rest of the family in my prayers.

Such a beautiful and heartfelt post...my prayers are with Jennifer and her family...

Excellent post, Will. I get choked up every time I read about this tragedy and this was no exception. I pray for the remaining members of the Hudson family to be comforted during this time of grief and uncertainty.

peace and blessings to jen and her fam. rip

beautiful post. let's all remain prayerful that this family receives some good news regarding little Julian, and over time, begins to heal from this unbelievable loss.

amen. I am sick to my stomach over this. after my own father's death I am pretty numb to the whole "celebrity tragedy" news, but this hit me very hard. I dunno why. I guess cause I feel in some way jennifer is like everyone's favorite cousin. a sister. she's never come across as anything but spiritual and modest and family oriented. my heart is breaking for her and her family. this is really unimaginable.

It b-r-e-a-k-s my heart......I cannot imagine the pain Jennifer must feel....how excruciating and incapacitating it must be. She has to reach for the only person that can sustain her right now.....GOD!

My hope is that in time the pain will lessen and that the lesson in all this will become clearer.

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