A lot of sad stories in a row - that wears on you.

• You have to have enough respect for other human beings to leave their lives alone. If you admire that life, build it for yourself. Don't just try to come in and take somebody else's life.
• A positive attitude is not going to save you. What it's going to do is, everyday, between now and the day you die, whether that's a short time from now or a long time from now, that every day, you're going to actually live.
• Maybe we all change over time.
• I can't turn on the television without seeing me, or open the newspaper without seeing me and, honestly, I'm sick to death of me.
• I've had to come to grips with a God that fits my own experience, which is, my God could not be offering protection and not have protected my boy.
• You all know that I have been sustained throughout my life by three saving graces - my family, my friends, and a faith in the power of resilience and hope. These graces have carried me through difficult times and they have brought more joy to the good times than I ever could have imagined.
• It takes a lot of work to put together a marriage, to put together a family and a home.
• You all know that I have been sustained throughout my life by three saving graces - my family, my friends, and a faith in the power of resilience and hope. These graces have carried me through difficult times and they have brought more joy to the good times than I ever could have imagined.
• I have an obligation to try to live as long as I can for my family.
• I grew up in a Navy family.