Remembering Tiffini Hale

14th of February 2022

I'm very late on writing this because, well, life. Both of my cats passed away 5 weeks within each other. One, I still have yet to bury because the ground is frozen. My sister's roommate, whom she had known since college, also passed away. I did my best to be there for her, and I wanted to make sure she was ok mentally as well. That is a big loss for her. While all this was happening, lots of celebrities were passing away as well. One woman that I grew up watching had passed which brought complete shock to me. Tiffini Hale is one of those losses that shook me pretty hard. I hadn't kept up with Tiffini over the years because she was hard to keep track of. That sounded stalkerish, but she kept to herself. I can respect that because look at how the public treats people in the public eye. I don't know for sure if that's her reasoning. So since I don't know anything about what she was going through or doing since I last saw her on television, I won't talk about that. I will talk about the memories I do have of her. Tiffini Hale was introduced to me on my television by the New Mickey Mouse Club. I was huge on Mickey Mouse back in the day. I watched reruns of the classic Mickey Mouse Club and loved it. When they came out with a new one, I was happy. So happy. I'm not going to lie. I had a huge crush on Tiffini. So beautiful at first sight. She was much more than that though. She was a talented woman. She was funny and a great singer.

I remember her in skits such as My Annoying Dad. I still remember the jingle for the introduction. I remember her singing "Mr. Postman" with other Mouseketeers as well. She inspired many other people to follow their dreams by being apart of music group, The Party. She along with 4 other Mouseketeers got to show off their musical talent. The only disappointment about The Party is they weren't on the show as much since they were still young and were dedicating their time to make The Party successful.

I don't know much about Tiffini personally, but she inspired me to be a better person. I'm not sure why because I didn't think I'd ever meet her. I was in fifth grade when I was apart of the fan club. Unfortunately, I lost that stuff due to the floods of 1993. Just talking about the show brings back so many memories, but yet, I can't remember much. I just remember coming home from school and watching the Mickey Mouse Club. I always hoped to be in the audience, but Orlando was so far away from me. However, everyone involved made it worth being at home. Tiffini was one of them. Her energy gave me energy as well. It's hard to explain.

I miss watching the Mickey Mouse Club from the days when I was young, and I miss seeing Tiffini on the show as well. Her personality shined bright and always brought a smile to my face. My brother would tease me constantly, but Tiffini would make me forget about it. Just her jokes, her voice, everything. I'm going to miss her now even more knowing that I missed out on being able to run into her. Thank you for everything, Tiffini, and may you be at peace.