“It’s Okay, Reba, It’s Okay…” – Amidst the bright stage lights, Reba McEntire was performing when she suddenly collapsed, sobbing as she learned that her Texas hometown was reeling from a historic storm. The news had just come in that at least 17 people had died, hundreds of families had lost their homes, and the land where Reba grew up — the fields, the streets, the old church — was now submerged in water. It wasn’t just a piece of land, but the place where her musical dreams were nurtured, where her first song rang out in the wind. Reba knelt in the middle of the stage, choking on the sympathetic applause and broken voices of thousands of people in the audience: “It’s okay, Reba, we’re here with you…” In that moment, the music stopped, but the humanity resonated — stronger than any song she had ever sung…

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