“All the people we've met have been so wonderful. We've had volunteers come up to us and tell us how they were involved and say 'Hey, we worked on this part of your house.' And it's just all so humbling to know that these people did all that work for us . I was in tears all the time, it was so emotional.”
“This whole experience has made us positive and full of hope. We feel that whatever happens now, we can handle anything. I don't know if these people realize just how much they really changed our lives. This house has given us a new life.”
“It happened five months apart almost to the day. For fraternal twins to both get this cancer is very rare. As I understand it, it is the first time fraternal twins were treated for cancer at the same time at Texas Children's Cancer Center (at Texas Children's Hospital.”
“The first month of treatment, they use chemotherapy to force the cancer into remission. And then they had to undergo treatment for the next couple of years. Tara finished her treatments in September of 2003 and Sara finished hers in February of 2004.”
“I had no idea what we would get. We should have known from being regular watchers of the show, but it turned out better than it ever could have been. And it's gone way beyond just the house. All the people that have made this possible for us.”
“We were doing the interviews on the second day of taping. And the director pulled me to the side and said they had scholarships for all four kids. Two years at Wharton County Junior College and two years at the University of Houston-Victoria. One of the biggest worries a parent can have is paying for their children's education. And now we've got that covered.”
