“It's a very bittersweet thing for me. If it wasn't for my work, I would probably have run for another term. But, it's time to let someone else have the experience.”
“I like to think even though it took some time away from my children, it taught them, also. They gained value about how I made choices to spend my time.”
“Lucinda was my only child, and she was God-given, and I know somewhere, somewhere I will come to terms that it was her time. But it was how it happened, and why it happened, that I have a hard time with. I miss her so much.”