I learned about Oprah’s retirement as my cousins and I were sitting in a restaurant. It’s been a while honestly since I watched Oprah’s show and I was really having my time eaten a lot by activities both at work and with family and friends. Getting into her shows was a great deal of help especially with the start of regular advisers: from home interiors to family dealings (I just love Dr. Oz) to healthy living. So I nearly choked on a helping of sweet and sour fish when I heard about her retirement.

Oprah Winfrey Show had been in the air for years now—and Oprah is an institution already. People adore her, are inspire by her, and go loco over her and her episodes (especially her favorite things where everybody in the audience gets a share of her favorites). She had tackled almost every topic from disasters, to poverty, to films, to health and everything which is summed up in one word—LIFE. The announcement of her retirement is indeed staggering since she had been part of our lives since it started. But what is the reason behind this action?

Come 2011 marks a new beginning for Oprah actually. She will be having her own cable network!!!! However her show—The Oprah Winfrey Show—will not be included in it. She doesn’t want to change the format on how the show was known (which is completely understandable since it has become another identity). In addition, continuing it (the show) is also not yet sure. Records search reveals that the show will end the same year the network will start: September 2011. People at HARPO have not yet given a statement as to whether the contract will be renewed or not.

It seems that Oprah’s announcement for retirement even followed a certain trend. Public records search shows that people in the entertainment business are presently leaving while still in their fame. Late night talk show host Jay Leno, who has hosted the Late Night for 11 years, and had made it as a mainstay on top of ratings, left it while still on its boom. This goes the same for other artists who seem to still be at the top of the charts yet decided to retire.

For Oprah, her show is still at its peak—and booming more after 25 seasons—when her announcement came in. It’s indeed heartbreak but like all things, this one, also, must end.

Before I end this article, here’s a scoop on the brighter side of things; next year they’ll be bringing back Oprah’s Favorite Things!!!! This is definitely a special treat for the fans that have been part of the show till its last take. Background check on OFT: this is the episode where Oprah gives audiences things which she also loves.

Oprah’s new network OWN (Oprah Winfrey Network) is a new chapter for this wonderful and inspiring woman we all loved. This is definitely another milestone not just in Oprah Winfrey’s life but also for those who became part of her career: her family, friends and her fans…