The Preface

Award winning actress and singer, Jennifer Hudson, returned to her home town of Chicago to record an ABC special, I’ll be Home for Christmas, which aired tonight, Monday December 14th 2009, at 8 pm ET. Jennifer Hudson suffered a huge family tragedy just over a year ago when her mother, brother and nephew were murdered in Englewood, allegedly by her sister’s estranged husband. This year also saw the birth of Jennifer Hudson’s first child. How Jennifer Hudson dealt with her family tragedy Twenty eight year old Jennifer Hudson took three months away from the spotlight last year to grieve, following her family tragedy; however, Jennifer Hudson, who is both a Oscar-winning and Grammy award-winning actress and singer respectively, appeared to return to the spotlight stronger than ever. Her pregnancy came as a surprise to many, after Jennifer’s Hudson ‘failure’ to officially announce the news to the media; David Jr. was born in August 2009, a first baby for Jennifer Hudson and her fiancé David Otunga.