Reflections on Losing Mandisa

There's a fine line between public loss and private grief.

I felt that familiar twinge when I read the first line of the news article.

“A spokesman for the Franklin Police Department said officers were involved in an active death investigation Friday after Christian singer and "American Idol" alum Mandisa was found dead in her Nashville-area home one day earlier.” (The Tennessean)

The words jumped off the screen …