Maria

But that allowed me to sit with myself, to be enough for myself and to start writing from this quiet place that I had never been in in my whole life.

But that allowed me to sit with myself, to be enough for myself and to start writing from this quiet place that I had never been in in my whole life.

Well, it made me get quiet, first of all. And it made me think about who am I now? How do I move forward if I'm not somebody's wife? If I'm not the first lady of California, who is Maria? How do I... you know, conduct myself moving forward. What does forward look like? And so I tried to stop myself, get quiet, and really think about who am I? How did I end up here? How did I end up in this place?

Well, it made me get quiet, first of all. And it made me think about who am I now? How do I move forward if I'm not somebody's wife? If I'm not the first lady of California, who is Maria? How do I... you know, conduct myself moving forward. What does forward look like? And so I tried to stop myself, get quiet, and really think about who am I? How did I end up here? How did I end up in this place?

Well, it made me get quiet, first of all. And it made me think about who am I now? How do I move forward if I'm not somebody's wife? If I'm not the first lady of California, who is Maria? How do I... you know, conduct myself moving forward. What does forward look like? And so I tried to stop myself, get quiet, and really think about who am I? How did I end up here? How did I end up in this place?

I just started writing. Well, you know.

I just started writing. Well, you know.

I just started writing. Well, you know.

yeah i didn't i had written obviously all the news stories i wrote that kind of but that's a different kind of writing i wrote gratitude journals you know today i went and i saw oprah we had a fun time this is what the day was like but this kind of poetry sitting there and just being quiet and realizing oh wait a minute i'm sobbing what am i sobbing about oh i'm lonely what am i lonely about when did i first feel lonely

yeah i didn't i had written obviously all the news stories i wrote that kind of but that's a different kind of writing i wrote gratitude journals you know today i went and i saw oprah we had a fun time this is what the day was like but this kind of poetry sitting there and just being quiet and realizing oh wait a minute i'm sobbing what am i sobbing about oh i'm lonely what am i lonely about when did i first feel lonely

yeah i didn't i had written obviously all the news stories i wrote that kind of but that's a different kind of writing i wrote gratitude journals you know today i went and i saw oprah we had a fun time this is what the day was like but this kind of poetry sitting there and just being quiet and realizing oh wait a minute i'm sobbing what am i sobbing about oh i'm lonely what am i lonely about when did i first feel lonely

Where did that come from? Oh, I'm heartbroken. Is this the first time I felt it? Oh, no, I'm not. Let me close my eyes. Let me think about when I was a young girl and I was in a house by myself. And then I just started writing and it just poured out of me.

Where did that come from? Oh, I'm heartbroken. Is this the first time I felt it? Oh, no, I'm not. Let me close my eyes. Let me think about when I was a young girl and I was in a house by myself. And then I just started writing and it just poured out of me.

Where did that come from? Oh, I'm heartbroken. Is this the first time I felt it? Oh, no, I'm not. Let me close my eyes. Let me think about when I was a young girl and I was in a house by myself. And then I just started writing and it just poured out of me.

Well, when I was little, we lived on a farm kind of outside of Washington, D.C., and my mother started the Special Olympics, so she had like 100 people with intellectual disabilities running around in the backyard, along with 100 volunteers and coaches, and then my father would have all these young Peace Corps volunteers who wanted to go out and change the world, and they were running around on any given weekend, and my mother had this camp during the week, and I had

Well, when I was little, we lived on a farm kind of outside of Washington, D.C., and my mother started the Special Olympics, so she had like 100 people with intellectual disabilities running around in the backyard, along with 100 volunteers and coaches, and then my father would have all these young Peace Corps volunteers who wanted to go out and change the world, and they were running around on any given weekend, and my mother had this camp during the week, and I had

Well, when I was little, we lived on a farm kind of outside of Washington, D.C., and my mother started the Special Olympics, so she had like 100 people with intellectual disabilities running around in the backyard, along with 100 volunteers and coaches, and then my father would have all these young Peace Corps volunteers who wanted to go out and change the world, and they were running around on any given weekend, and my mother had this camp during the week, and I had

And I had four brothers and they had like 20 dogs and I was the only girl. I am the only girl. And I was in the middle of all of that. And so I was like, okay, where do I belong in all of this? And I had a horse and I would go and spend my time with the horse because it was the only place that was quiet. It was the only place that I was like, I could hear myself think.

And I had four brothers and they had like 20 dogs and I was the only girl. I am the only girl. And I was in the middle of all of that. And so I was like, okay, where do I belong in all of this? And I had a horse and I would go and spend my time with the horse because it was the only place that was quiet. It was the only place that I was like, I could hear myself think.

And I had four brothers and they had like 20 dogs and I was the only girl. I am the only girl. And I was in the middle of all of that. And so I was like, okay, where do I belong in all of this? And I had a horse and I would go and spend my time with the horse because it was the only place that was quiet. It was the only place that I was like, I could hear myself think.