They are very different in nature. Looking back, I can see how I felt like two different people as I wrote the first one compared to the second. I read both aloud during the sentencing, to the judge and the lawyers, to strangers looking on, and to the man who tried to kill me. I wanted these impact statements to be true to their name; I wanted them to make an impact. It was one of the hardest things I've ever had to do.