Princess Isabel

Oh, she would die if she saw that title, but she really is a princess. Two brothers here, 2 at her father's house, and she seems to be getting used to the idea. She is almost 9, she is so brilliant, she sees right through smoke, and she is a strong-willed girl with a huge heart. Every day I see her taking shape and see her mind working and her shell breaking open. She is quite a critical, free thinker and she is showing some artistic sensibilities. Her life long dream is to work with animals. Who knew that being liberal was a genetic trait? She is so far, and seriously, not from any pushing from me. At the age of six she asked me how Dick Cheney could confuse a man with a bird and then proceed to shoot him. I was more shocked that she had seen the news than anything.