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The body is the one thing you have to say goodbye to. You can hold on to your memories. You can hold on to the spirit. That's part of the package that you love and the part that comforts you.
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You like to be independent, but you will need to learn to ask for help. It doesn't make you weak.
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I feel like freedom of speech is one of the great things in this country and the freedom to do what you feel is right.
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I don't move away from grief, rather through it.
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I think that that's so true for a lot of first responder families and military families. If you ask them, 'Is there anything I can do for you?', they almost always will not ask for that help.
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A couple of times, I felt like I was cracking and I couldn't go on, and God would put another person in my place to help me.
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I would like my kids to go to college and be exposed to the real world and to make their own decisions and find their own path instead of sending them somewhere where they would be creatively conditioned for one life path or another.
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From the days of Cain and Abel, we know all too well there will always be evil. But that evil shouldn't take away our freedoms.
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I think that God prepared me for Chris's death in some ways, because I've seen other people lose their spouses. I've known for a long time that life isn't fair.
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I have been afraid of guns, I have sworn I would never use a gun on another person and so did not need one, and I have wanted to deny the existence of evil.
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We all suffer. It's part of life. The blessing is - while evil exists, Divinity does, too, and it is stronger.
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The only way to defeat evil is by taking advantage of our freedoms.
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I hope our people hold tight to the notion that we do not have to be a fear-ridden country focused on restrictions, but rather that we remain the land of the free and home of the brave.
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I can tell you that my family in the absolute worst of times has seen the absolute best in people. And, that has given us more strength than could ever imagine.
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I'm not a fan of people romanticizing their loved ones in death.
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Common sense to one person might be something different to another.
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I have been touched by extreme violence, and I have been robbed of the life I always wanted by someone who chose to do evil.
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When the dark days come, many wonderful moments, those will all seem dead and empty to you. It will take practice and even hard work to find the joy sometimes.
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When you're trained for battle, the idea is that it will be man against man.
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In your darkest moments of despair, a friend's hand on yours will get you through the worst.
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I think that sometimes you can be an example of what to do and what not to do, and I think most of the time I'm an example of what not to do.
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I challenge anyone to tell me there isn't evil in this world.
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There's a consequence for everything, and that goes back to the Bible for me.
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With a warm drink, in a rocking chair and family and friends around, I am working on finding peace and joy in the moments we have been given. It doesn't have to all make sense. I don't have all the answers.