This life is a test, and we're put down here to make choices. The truth is, the bad choices of other people can hurt us.
Even when I get on airplanes, very often, as I walk down the aisle, I notice a lot of people staring or whispering. I recognize the fact that yes, to a lot of people, I will always be that 14-year-old girl who was kidnapped and who was held captive.
I've got great dogs. I've got a great family. I mean, I couldn't be happier.
Privacy is so sacred, and any time a victim is returned, a survivor is found and rescued, privacy is one of the greatest gifts we can give them because if they decide to share, that's up to them, and they will come forward.
I will feel like a success if I raise my children to be kind and happy people.
I'm grateful for rain because, when I was kidnapped, that meant that I had something to drink.
That happened to me, but I'm so much more than that girl that was kidnapped.
I will never regret being there for my children, watching them, making sure they'll be okay. But I might regret not being there for them.
