Carol Dowd

No.

No.

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Yes. Okay. I'm Carol Dowd. And I'm Michael Dowd's mother. Well, I remember being in court. I only went to court once, and that was the day of sentencing. And when they said the amount of days he would be away, I didn't really, it didn't like hit my mind, right? Because it was in days, it wasn't in years, you know? And somebody says that could be 15 years, right?

Yes. Okay. I'm Carol Dowd. And I'm Michael Dowd's mother. Well, I remember being in court. I only went to court once, and that was the day of sentencing. And when they said the amount of days he would be away, I didn't really, it didn't like hit my mind, right? Because it was in days, it wasn't in years, you know? And somebody says that could be 15 years, right?

We tried to deal with it the best we could.

We tried to deal with it the best we could.

Yeah, it's terrible. Believe me, it's terrible, especially when you think you're dealing with something else. You're dealing with a kid who was honest and reliable and smart and good. Absolutely shocked. I was angry, very angry at him. How could you do this? You know, that type of thing.

Yeah, it's terrible. Believe me, it's terrible, especially when you think you're dealing with something else. You're dealing with a kid who was honest and reliable and smart and good. Absolutely shocked. I was angry, very angry at him. How could you do this? You know, that type of thing.

I don't think he ever really sits back and thinks about the other people. You know, the other people in his life, his father, his mother, his family. It was all about him. It wasn't about anybody else around him.

I don't think he ever really sits back and thinks about the other people. You know, the other people in his life, his father, his mother, his family. It was all about him. It wasn't about anybody else around him.

It made me feel glad that he felt sorry. Because he never really says this in front of us, but... It made me feel glad that he remembered that I went to church and prayed for him. He had good parents, believe me, and I don't know why this happened to him. He was a skinny little kid on the corner with a police uniform on, and the authority, I guess, went to his head. I'm not sure, you know.

It made me feel glad that he felt sorry. Because he never really says this in front of us, but... It made me feel glad that he remembered that I went to church and prayed for him. He had good parents, believe me, and I don't know why this happened to him. He was a skinny little kid on the corner with a police uniform on, and the authority, I guess, went to his head. I'm not sure, you know.

You know, I had to have some discipline raising that many children. You have to have discipline. And, of course, you kiss them goodnight. You kiss them goodbye. You love them. But showing my love was like making them breakfast. I made them breakfast, you know. So that was kind of a way to show your love, you know. I was here for them all the time. But I was not mushy, you know. And he's right.

You know, I had to have some discipline raising that many children. You have to have discipline. And, of course, you kiss them goodnight. You kiss them goodbye. You love them. But showing my love was like making them breakfast. I made them breakfast, you know. So that was kind of a way to show your love, you know. I was here for them all the time. But I was not mushy, you know. And he's right.

It was hard for him to understand what I was going through because I never showed my emotions to them. The only emotions they would get is, get up in the room and clean it up. Get upstairs, you, and hang those clothes up. So there was always that direction. So I was pretty tough. But that's the way I am. I think because of the way I was raised. I didn't have a happy childhood.

It was hard for him to understand what I was going through because I never showed my emotions to them. The only emotions they would get is, get up in the room and clean it up. Get upstairs, you, and hang those clothes up. So there was always that direction. So I was pretty tough. But that's the way I am. I think because of the way I was raised. I didn't have a happy childhood.

But that's, you know, that could be a reason why I was tough. But I was tough. Maybe I was too tough.

But that's, you know, that could be a reason why I was tough. But I was tough. Maybe I was too tough.

I'm Carol Dowd. And I'm Michael Dowd's mother.

I'm Carol Dowd. And I'm Michael Dowd's mother.