We had lots of boyfriends, but I think they really came to see our mother.

Our house was where the whole neighborhood congregated. Mother and Dad made everyone feel so at home, so welcome. We didn't have much, but we always knew how to make our own fun.

If you didn't work for the government or yourself, you worked for the railroad.

Being the mother of a victim, I see the emotional scars that's deep inside that will never go away.

If the mother of small children was sick, they would stay overnight and take care of the children.

The irony is that I was a single mother, and I raised five kids by myself and put myself through school. I bought my first house in 1999 -- that was a very big deal for me -- and now I have to sell it, only because they won't hire Americans. It's devastating.