​Family

1. You were the youngest, Do you think you were spoiled, got what was left over, more freedom, less restrictions (other cliches about the baby).

2. What do you think you learned/inherited from your Mother and your Father that has defined your way in life: personal choice, career, social issues, etc.

3. What would you do differently raising Alana if you could?

4. What is your favorite memory of Alana?

5. What was your favorite trip?

6. What is your favorite memory of Baumpa?

7. Where would you like to take your granddaughters?

8. What is your favorite memory of the girls so far?

Life

1. Tell us the saga of Manana. When did your love of horses begin? My (Dennis) question stems from a trip you and I took to a horse training center in Gaithersburg, Maryland.  My impression in those early years was that you wanted to become a veterinarian.  Why did you stop having horses? Did you enjoy competing in equestrian events. What were your favorite?

2. You were not particularly athletic in your younger days (as playing H.S. team sports) and yet now you have climbed numerous high mountains with crampons and without and other daring and strenuous things Talk about this journey.

3. You have had a number of bumps in your life's journey.  How did you move on particularly thinking about your hope to be a vet and then becoming head of three different departments at UNC at Charlotte and also dealing with an abusive marriage?

4. What advice will you have for your granddaughters and what traits do you hope they have inherited from you?

5. If you could change one thing about the country to make it better for your granddaughters, what would it be? 

6. If you could go back in time and start over again in veterinary school, what would you differently that would have made life easier for you?

7. Why did you create a bucket list and what is remaining?

8. If you could  go back  in time, what advice would you give yourself on graduation day from High School?

9. Where did your willingness to experience physical danger come from (sky diving, parasailing off cliffs,  walking to the top edge of high buildings, etc )?

10. What are three things necessary for you to be happy?

Career

1. How did you first get into law enforcement?

2. What was it like being a female police officer in the 1970s?

3. What got you interested in the suicide by cop topic?

4. What do you tell women who are looking at criminal justice as a career?

5. What are you most proud of in all your many accomplishments?