Everything about her was white, glistening and shining.

Dedicated
TO MY DAUGHTER
ILEANA
"I LOOKED INTO HER EYES AND THEREIN
I SAW HOPES AND DREAMS AND ALL THE
PROMISES LIFE CONTAINS."

ILLUSTRATIONS

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[EVERYTHING ABOUT HER WAS WHITE, GLISTENING AND SHINING ]17
[ERIC LAY NOW, STRETCHED AT THE FEET OF THE WOMAN HE COULD NOT LEAVE ]39
[A CIRCLE OF MIST SEEMED TO BE SETTLING AROUND THEM ]72
[IT WAS THE MIRACULOUS BUBBLES ]100
[AND THERE, LEANING AGAINST A MOSS-GROWN CRUMBLING TREE, WAS A SPIRIT-LIKE BEING OUT OF ANOTHER WORLD! ]125
[KING WANDA SAT UPON HIS MARBLE TERRACE BASKING IN THE FIRST WARMTH OF THE SEASON ]173

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