I only had a few hours left with her after I noticed she was showing signs of being ill. Respiratory ailment. She opened her eyes and gave me one last wobble-neck before she took her last breath. :-(

words of wisdom from Zella: “Everything in the world pukes.” Right on, baby girl.. right on.

“There are two novels that can change a bookish fourteen-year old’s life: The Lord of the Rings and Atlas Shrugged. One is a childish fantasy that often engenders a lifelong obsession with its unbelievable heroes, leading to an emotionally stunted, socially crippled adulthood, unable to deal with the real world.

The other, of course, involves orcs.”