I sat back, allowing Wes's words to sink in. Then I responded, "I guess it's hard sometimes to distinguish between second chances and last chances.

Fighting for your convictions is important. But finding peace is paramount.

I sat back, allowing Wes's words to sink in. Then I responded, "I guess it's hard sometimes to distinguish between second chances and last chances.

I just want to do as much as I can while I can, because none of us are promised anything.

I just want to make sure that public service doesn't have to be an occupation, but it needs to be a way of life.

When it is time for you to leave this school, leave your job, or even leave this earth, you make sure you have worked hard to make sure it mattered you were even here.

My mother is extraordinary; she's a superwoman, like so many other single mothers who are out there.