The only teen idol worthy of my adoration.

My heart is broken. This is a farewell I dreaded and now I am in tears.

We imitated you as one of our own. You looked just like us. You were us. We were a handful if skinny brown girls with long kinky hair and a range of eye colors and talents in an Illinois suburb (the same one Shonda Rhimes grew up in) who wanted to be you!

Your voice stays with me.