We decided to focus on women because no one was singling them out.

Politics is in my blood. I'd love to be involved in 2008, maybe even '06.

As the mother of a grown son with a traumatic brain injury, I couldn't be more excited about the prospect of finding out how to repair even a small part of the damage that changed his life.

As the mother of a son with disabilities, I try to keep an eye out for news that affects people in the large community of which he is a part.

The strength of the nation ultimately depends upon the strength of family and community.

We all have challenging family relationships, and trying to balance that between our dreams and what we feel compelled to do is, I think, a challenge that's easily relatable.

During a visit to California, when a friend of my grandmother's told my parents that I must be deaf because I was not responding to sounds, my father was absolutely convinced that I was simply being stubborn.

I think for anybody, any family, and I know there are families out there that are going through this even now, that it is the hardest thing in the world. Nobody is ever prepared for it.