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Children are a blessing from the Lord…
Psalm 127:3
In a world of run-away celebrity worship, it is wonderful to see a superstar who stays grounded in moral values and family ties. Amid the marriages, divorces, affairs, and severe dysfunction, Celine Dion stands as a shining example of a career where priorities are in the right place.
She married her manager, Rene Angelil, in 1994. Although he is 26 years her senior, their union has been a marriage of great stability for Dion. After struggling for years with infertility and enduring endless treatments, Celine gave birth to her son, Rene-Charles in 2001, and twins Eddy and Nelson were born in 2010.
When Rene-Charles was a young child, Celine’s schedule of performances often ran to 200+ a year. During that time, she surrounded herself with family and was insistent that family time be honored, no matter how hectic life became. Celine’s brother is her stage manager, her sister helps with the children, her stepson carries additional responsibilities, and her mother is always near. With the birth of her twins and the maturing of her eldest child, Dion now gives only 70 performances a year – all of them scheduled around the activities of Rene-Charles and his little brothers. She credits the closeness of her family with her ability to continue to have a successful career while giving her best to her husband and children.
This year marks the 20th anniversary of the release of the film Beauty and the Beast – the movie and the song that made Celine Dion a household name in the United States and swept her to stardom. I salute her today, however, as a superstar with unbelievable talent and an amazing voice – a modern woman in a hectic world who knows where her heart and her time really belongs: with her family.
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