When you meet someone like this, you’ll know they’re not the same as anyone you’ve met before. When I was in my second year of high school, there was a senior I admired. He had a beautiful tenor voice with a vibrato that was unmatched by anyone else in the choir, a face that was … Continue reading Eggs and Admiration: A Reflection on Liz and the Blue Bird & Ririka Kenzaki
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