Cissy Houston

My children are my whole life.

I trust in God, and His ways are not our ways. So we have to go with that, and there's nothing I can do about that.

Good mothers and good fathers and good families don't always have great children.

My faith keeps me strong.

I'm very proud of my daughter. She accomplished a whole lot in the short time that she had here... she was a very wonderful person.

I am so grateful to God for giving me the gift of 48 years with my daughter. And I accept that He knew when it was time to take her.