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I AM AWAKE, LATE, ON A PARTICULAR NIGHT...AND I FIND MYSELF STROLLING THROUGH FOOTAGE OF 70's SITCOMS... I WELCOMINGLY COME ACROSS AN ICON! DEAR MS. ESTER~ YOUR IMPACT, ESSENCE OF YOUR EARTHLY PRESENCE, REMAINS AND PROVES PROMINENT ON THE IMPACT YOU LEFT BEHIND..."A CHILDHOOD HEROINE" DEPICTING A TOWER OF STRENGTH AND STELLAR INTEGRITY...{HIGH RESPECT} YOU WERE NO COMPROMISER, DIDN'T JUST ACCEPT ANYTHING, TO BE IN THE TELEVISION ARENA, AND PLEASE KNOW... AS YOU'VE SHOWN, YOUR MORALS AND MANNER MADE ALL THE DIFFERENCE, ESPECIALLY FOR FUTURE REFERENCE! ! ! OH...BACK THEN, WE HAD OUR SEXY CONSIDERED "SIRENS" SEX APPEAL FIRST... MARKETING BRAINS AND WIT ONLY AFTER "A** & T***" BACK IN THE BLAXPLOITATION DAYS OF OLD. BUT, EMERGINGLY AFTER THE LATE 70's, OTHER STORYLINES BEGAN TO UNFOLD...ADDITIONAL STRONG MINDED WOMEN WHO INEVITABLY BECAME ROLE MODELS FROM THEIR PORTRAYALS... YOU, YOURSELF TAKING A STANCE, NOT TO STAR IN AN INITIAL SINGLE MOTHER ROLE WITHOUT "A HEAD OF HOUSEHOLD" A PROMINENT FATHER FIGURE...SHOUT OUT {TO MR. JAMES AMOS} SPOKE VOLUMES OF WHO YOU WERE...AND WHAT YOU REPRESENTED TO US ALL, THAT GOES BEYOND A FLASHBACK "RECALL" I WOULD FEEL REMISED, NOT TO MENTION YOUR SPOKEN WORD ALBUM: "THE GARDEN OF MY MIND", 1975. "MEMORABLE, JUST INCREDIBLE!" I HAVE ALWAYS ADMIRED YOUR TONE OF VOICE...{SMILE} HOW YOU ENUNCIATED YOUR WORDS AND EMPHASIZED WITH SUCH AN ELOQUENCE! SO ULTRA RICH AND WARM, TO LISTEN TO YOU SPEAK IS SUCH A DELIGHT, A REAL HIGHLIGHT TO YOUR SIGNATURE* REMEMBRANCE..."BOLD BEAUTIFUL BRILLIANCE... YOUR EMPHASIS!!!~" THERE ARE CERTAIN INDIVIDUALS WHO HAVE AN UNMISTAKABLE, PURE SOUL RELATABLE..."DIVINE SHINE" ALWAYS *ILLUMINATED* NO MATTER WHAT LIFE BROUGHT THEIR WAY! IT BOILS DOWN TO MORE THAN JUST AESTHETIC DISPLAY... IT'S WHAT ONE EXUDES, PERHAPS FROM "CORE AND ATTITUDE" ALL I KNOW IS... YOU WERE A BEACON OF SHINING LIGHT! THIS GORGEOUS HIGHLIGHT IS WHAT I SEE, EVERY TIME I COME ACROSS YOUR IMAGE! I THINK TO MYSELF, "I SEE PURE PEARLS!" A LUSTER THAT ONLY SHE COULD MUSTER, MARVELOUSLY, MAGNETICALLY AND MAGNIFICENTLY! "STILL ENERGETICALLY" YOUR PRESENCE* DUE TO YOUR ESSENCE* REMAINS A GIFT AND A PRECIOUS UPLIFT! WHEN I *SEE YOU* THINKING OF THE IMPACT YOU BROUGHT THROUGH... I FEEL* "PROUD! PROUD! PROUD!" ALLOW ME TO *EMPHASIZE* THIS... GENUINELY AND OUT LOUD! ! ! Renee D. Gross {GHPPR} July 28, 2023#
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