Oh Zola!

The summer of 2007, the expression Oh Zola!, was born. Zola was a mere 20 years old when she landed in Missoula and after getting to know her, I wished that I had known so much about myself when I was 20. I'm pretty sure she's an old soul. Sure there were those unfailing characteristics that you have that make you 20 when you are 20, but she always seemed to be wise beyond her years. Wise and very open. I think a safe thing to call her is a free spirit. It was an amazing thing to watch her grow while we were there, especially those last few weeks. Two years out, she's already someone new, some one even wiser(I didn't think it possible) and yet those things I was fond of in 2007 are still present. They are there and yet somehow even better.