Taya Kyle

I think that that's so true for a lot of first responder families and military families. If you ask them, 'Is there anything I can do for you?', they almost always will not ask for that help.

What I've noticed is not only in the military, but in the first responders community, that when you reach out your hand to help one of them, they almost always grab your hand with only one of theirs, because they're using their other hand to reach behind them and pull up somebody else with them.

I'm not a fan of people romanticizing their loved ones in death.

I'm extremely grateful to all the first responders, veterans and their families for all their sacrifices.

We can't legislate human nature.

I've learned that when God promises beauty through the ashes, He means it.

For people who grew up hunting, especially war veterans, shooting often settled the mind. It was something that required full concentration, and therefore took you away from your troubles, at least for a short time.

Sometimes you will think you can't take it another day. But if you hang in there, one step at a time, you will be able to accomplish more than you ever imagine.

I'd realize it's not worth our time to worry. You do your best, and God will put the right people in your path.

I think that sometimes you can be an example of what to do and what not to do, and I think most of the time I'm an example of what not to do.

I don't move away from grief, rather through it.

There's no road map. There's no textbook on how grief works and when your heart will be open - or if it ever will.