A photo posted by Zelda Williams (@zeldawilliams) on Feb 25, 2015 at 10:45pm PST

Zelda Williams, 25, is speaking publicly for the first time since her father’s tragic suicide in August. I can’t believe it’s already been six months since Robin Williams passed. Zelda is working to continue her late father’s charity work, in particular his work with the Challenged Athletes Foundation, which provides adaptive devices and athletic opportunities to veterans and others who have limited mobility. This Friday Zelda will be presenting an award to the CAF and to her dad at the Noble Awards, which honor humanitarians. You can read more about Zelda’s work with the CAF on her Instagram. Her words really touched me. She wrote that she can’t compete in triathlons biking 44 miles like her dad did for the CAF from 1998 to 2009 but that ” she “will do everything else in my (decidedly less athletic) power to continue Dad’s legacy and support the charities he loved that I’ve watched first hand change thousands of lives.”

Zelda had an interview air on The Today Show this morning, conducted by Kate Snow. You can see the videos in two parts, below. Zelda impressed me so much, especially in light of some of the invasive questions Snow was asking. Zelda talked about how she’s grieving following the loss of her dad, and how she’s trying to move forward in her life. Zelda came across as vulnerable and honest but straightforward and practical. My heart went out to her after watching her interview. Here’s some of what she said.

Grieving for her dad
For me especially it’s going to take a lot of work to allow myself the fun happy life that I had.

On the outpouring of love for her dad
There was an enormous outpouring of love from every corner of the world… the side of him that people know and love and that is attached to their childhood is the characters that he had so much fun being and that’s what’s important. I do think that’s what a lot of people will hold on to… for the most part it’s nice to have just our private life be our private life.

She was asked if she ever wonders why her dad committed suicide
I don’t think there’s a point [to wonder why]. It’s not important to ask.

People want to know why her dad took his own life
Diseases are – until we find out exactly how they work, we don’t have an explanation. There’s no one I can offer. A lot of people who have been through it and lost someone… who have gone on to lead very full lives know that there’s no point questioning it and there’s no point blaming yourself or the world… it happened so you have to continue to live and manage.

On public acceptance of mental illness
One of the things that is changing that is wonderful is that people are starting to approach talking about illnesses that people can’t immediately see. I want people to be more accepting.

It was important for [my dad] for people to talk about important things. He didn’t like people feeling like the things that were hard for them, they should go through alone. That’s the big legacy for him.

On what people should remember about her dad
People should remember what they want to remember of him. Who am I to guide what their childhood memories are of watching his movie.

[From The Today Show, videos below]

A few of the questions Snow asked seemed too personal, and I hope that she cleared them all with Zelda ahead of time. You could see Zelda bristling at points, but she was composed and so well spoken. Zelda works as a voice over actress and has been going back to work recently. I’m surprised she’s not a writer. At one point she said that the public’s response to her dad’s death was “not something that’s even easy to put into words… as much as I love words and have a lot of faith in them.” She also revealed that she has a hummingbird tattoo on her hand, which she got to remind her of her dad every day. She said “Hummingbirds are fun and flighty and strange. It’s hard to keep them in one place and Dad was a bit like that. Keeping a conversation in one moment was impossible with him.” That’s the Robin we knew and loved, and it sounds like Zelda has so many more meaningful memories of her dad. Kudos to her for speaking out on his behalf and supporting the charities he loved.

Here are Zelda’s interviews and please scroll down for PUPPIES!

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Also, I just discovered that Zelda has TONS of pics of puppies on her Instagram so let’s stare at the adorable puppies for a while.

New Calendar idea: Puppies and dudes in leather jackets. Cute badassery ensues!

A photo posted by Zelda Williams (@zeldawilliams) on Feb 19, 2015 at 10:59pm PST

Doug the dog and @atg511 the human ???????? congrats to the new furry family! #AdoptDontShop #DropItLikeItsHot #JKDontDropThePuppyItJustRhymed

A photo posted by Zelda Williams (@zeldawilliams) on Feb 16, 2015 at 8:08pm PST

Also, if there’s anyone in our lives who love us super duper unconditionally, it’s our furry friends, and who else should you give extra love to on a day full of cheap chocolate than the ones who can’t have any! Happy Paw-lentine’s Day Alf. You’ve been my furriest life partner for almost 5 years now. My house wouldn’t be a home without yah! #RescueLove ??????????

A photo posted by Zelda Williams (@zeldawilliams) on Feb 14, 2015 at 1:38pm PST

George has his ‘too cute to be denied’ face DOWN (PC: @atg511)

A photo posted by Zelda Williams (@zeldawilliams) on Feb 9, 2015 at 3:04pm PST

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