Maria

Will you read that poem? I see you now. I see you now. You see, all I wanted was for you to stand up, to rage against it all. But now I see that wasn't your way. You had a way of doing things, a way I didn't understand. I wanted you to speak your mind, to yell out loud. I wanted you to take charge. but you had a different plan. You had your own way. Wow. And I didn't know that about my father.

I just felt like, what is going on here? Why don't you stand up? Why don't you get us out of here? Why don't you do something? And I didn't give him the benefit of what he actually was doing. I didn't understand him. I didn't understand the strength that he had. And I remember thinking to myself, I need to go out and get a different kind of man than this.

I just felt like, what is going on here? Why don't you stand up? Why don't you get us out of here? Why don't you do something? And I didn't give him the benefit of what he actually was doing. I didn't understand him. I didn't understand the strength that he had. And I remember thinking to myself, I need to go out and get a different kind of man than this.

I just felt like, what is going on here? Why don't you stand up? Why don't you get us out of here? Why don't you do something? And I didn't give him the benefit of what he actually was doing. I didn't understand him. I didn't understand the strength that he had. And I remember thinking to myself, I need to go out and get a different kind of man than this.

And that's, yeah, and you also write about... And I did. Yeah, you did.

And that's, yeah, and you also write about... And I did. Yeah, you did.

And that's, yeah, and you also write about... And I did. Yeah, you did.

Right. And I think the more they thought it was a phase, the more I dug in, the more I was like, OK, I'm out of here. I also wanted to find my own path. I didn't want to stay on the East Coast. I didn't want to run for office. You didn't want to be in politics. Yeah, I didn't want to be in politics. I didn't want to work at Special Olympics at the time. I didn't want to work in the government.

Right. And I think the more they thought it was a phase, the more I dug in, the more I was like, OK, I'm out of here. I also wanted to find my own path. I didn't want to stay on the East Coast. I didn't want to run for office. You didn't want to be in politics. Yeah, I didn't want to be in politics. I didn't want to work at Special Olympics at the time. I didn't want to work in the government.

Right. And I think the more they thought it was a phase, the more I dug in, the more I was like, OK, I'm out of here. I also wanted to find my own path. I didn't want to stay on the East Coast. I didn't want to run for office. You didn't want to be in politics. Yeah, I didn't want to be in politics. I didn't want to work at Special Olympics at the time. I didn't want to work in the government.

And Arnold represented for me somebody who lived on the West Coast, who had a freedom that I had never seen before. And I was like, I'm going to go over there.

And Arnold represented for me somebody who lived on the West Coast, who had a freedom that I had never seen before. And I was like, I'm going to go over there.

And Arnold represented for me somebody who lived on the West Coast, who had a freedom that I had never seen before. And I was like, I'm going to go over there.

Yeah. And what was interesting, my mother stepped in and was like, you know, don't complain here. I don't want to hear a yip out of you. Support him and carry on.

Yeah. And what was interesting, my mother stepped in and was like, you know, don't complain here. I don't want to hear a yip out of you. Support him and carry on.

Yeah. And what was interesting, my mother stepped in and was like, you know, don't complain here. I don't want to hear a yip out of you. Support him and carry on.

And I think the other thing I didn't even know is that how triggered that was for me. What a triggering decision because I thought he's going to be shot or he's going to lose because those were my two experiences and or the public will take him away and we'll be left, the kids and I left here. So my experience with politics was so traumatic that that erupted in me.

And I think the other thing I didn't even know is that how triggered that was for me. What a triggering decision because I thought he's going to be shot or he's going to lose because those were my two experiences and or the public will take him away and we'll be left, the kids and I left here. So my experience with politics was so traumatic that that erupted in me.

And I think the other thing I didn't even know is that how triggered that was for me. What a triggering decision because I thought he's going to be shot or he's going to lose because those were my two experiences and or the public will take him away and we'll be left, the kids and I left here. So my experience with politics was so traumatic that that erupted in me.

So I was like, please don't go and do that. So it wasn't that I was just like, oh, I don't want you to have your dream. It was that there was a lot of unresolved feelings that no one had spoken to me about when he broached the subject.