“I have never gone through this before and of course fear is right there. But we are just so, we believe firmly in faith and that has been what has pulled us through these months. all you can do is just have faith and hope for the best and pray that God will keep everything where it is suppose to be.”
“Those who have paid and put a deposit in would just have it carried over. Then, if some of the students have moved, they get a refund. I really don't mind giving the money back now, though the full amount would be hard, mainly because I have already incurred the expenses. It is hard to know how the parents feel. I would rather give them the full refund than give them a bad taste in their mouth.”
“I have paid the royalties to national and am not sure whether they will refund me. Nevertheless, my feeling is that parents would rather have their money than the cotillion right now. And if we wait a few months to see what the interest is, perhaps we could continue it and readjust the schedule.”
“If, by chance, I cannot continue, I would refund the money. I really do love doing the cotillion because I love working with these children. It has meant a lot to me to be able to do something positive after our personal tragedy and now our community's difficulty.”
“We were in bed and we heard someone's fire alarm go off, started smelling smoke and looked out the window, everyone was outside, so we just rushed out and saw everything was on fire.”