

I had not seen Debbie, Ricky's sister in years until last year at their Uncle Brodie's funeral.

Ricky & I live near each other so I still get to share some of our Adulthood together. I had the good fortune to grow up with the two of them in this special community called "Elm Grove". Shirley had 2 good, decent, kind & friendly children to always be proud of & I have no doubt that they indeed were. Shirley was very nice & she sadly left this world way too soon from that deathly thing called cancer. Shirley from years ago when I was growing up with their 2 children, Ricky & Debbie. Alvin that well but I think he was well thought of in the community. Is that the only scars in Heaven are on the hands that hold you now! Until I finally see what you can see, oh-oh Until I'm standing with you in the sun, I'll fight this fight and this race I'll run You live on in all the better parts of me There's not a day goes by that I don't see you Hallelujah, for the hands that hold you now Is that the only scars in Heaven, yeah, are on the hands that hold you now Oh, but now you're standing in the sun, you've fought your fight and your race is run You picked up your share of scars along the way I know the road you walked was anything but easy Is that the only scars in Heaven are on the hands that hold you now There'll be no such thing as broken, and all the old will be made newĪnd the thought that makes me smile now, even as the tears fall down The only scars in Heaven, they won't belong to me and you 'Cause there's a wound here in my heart where something's missingĪnd they tell me that it's gonna heal with timeīut I know you're in a place where all your wounds have been erasedĪnd knowing yours are healed is healing mine Now what I'd give for one more day with you I would've stayed a little longer, held on a little tighter

I would've put off all the things I had to do
#REGINA BELLE BELIEVE IN ME.RAR FREE#
Someday We'll All Be Free - Save The ChildrenĪlbum: Baby Come To Me - The Best of Regina Belle (1997)Ġ9.If I had only known the last time would be the last time Releasing Passion in 1993, she returned five years later with Believe in Me, which was followed by 2001's This Is Regina! and 2004's Lazy Afternoon. Her second LP, Stay with Me, secured her success, and she went on to earn more acclaim. A follow-up single, "So Many Tears," also made the R&B Top 20, and the hit "Without You," pairing her with Peabo Bryson, was the only memorable thing about the film Leonard, Part 6. She earned a solo Columbia contract in 1987, and the single "Please Be Mine" earned both praise and a number two R&B hit. Belle recorded a duet with them, "Where Did We Go Wrong," that was produced by Bobby Womack in 1986. New York disc jockey Vaughn Harper introduced her to the Manhattans, and she began working as their opening act. She studied trombone, tuba, and steel drums, and at 12 won a school contest singing the Emotions' "Don't Ask My Neighbors." Belle sang in a New Jersey vocal group, and studied opera and jazz in college. Born in New Jersey, Belle's early experience was in gospel, though she was also attracted to R&B during her childhood. Regina Belle emerged as a prolific, consistently engaging vocalist on the urban contemporary scene.
