his little Zuzu's grandmother brought her to meet me in December of 2001. I was doing a book signing in Portland, Oregon. What a little angel she was! She could talk your ear off and such a beauty. Her grandmother wants to stay in contact so I had another appearance in the Portland area and friends told her where I would be. And to my happy surprise, there again was this little angel, Zuzu. She brought me lovely flowers and her vocabulary has increased even more. She told me she was three, turning four in a couple of days. When she was leaving I told someone she was four and she was quick to correct me "NOT yet". She talks like she is eight years old. I hope she never changes and that I will get to see her very often.

Note: if you'd like to read a sweet letter from Taeya's grandmother, see her note in "The Fans Speak!"