From my HEART

To my dear friends, family, and supporters:

Words cannot express how deeply I appreciate all your support and encouragement during my candidacy. The road that I travelled during these past few months was long and lined with potholes filled with mud, but it was a road worth travelling. You made my journey smooth and fun and lined both sides of the road with beautiful scenes of flowers and sunsets that helped ease my mind. I can't thank you enough.

I decided to run for office because of my concern for my children and their peers. As a mother, I am paranoid at the thought of leaving my children behind in a world that is unkind and unaccomodating to their needs. I wanted to literally pave the road and line it with guardrails to keep them safe and rest stops with restaurants that serve nutritious meals and hotels with soft comfy beds. I wanted to literally ensure that they rise with the sun and return to bed when the moon is high with the littlest worries in their minds and hearts. I still want this and I will continually want and work hard to fulfill this "dream" of mine.

I decided to run for office because I wanted to be the voice of single parents who are struggling to make ends meet and help them provide for the needs of their little ones. I decided to run for office because I wanted to be the voice of our elders, whom as parents, share the same concern for the future of the CNMI and its children.

I may have not made it to the top six, but this minor barrier will not hinder any plans that I have to fulfill my dreams of making the CNMI a better place, a prosperous place, and once again, your place and mine. I was raised with the principle and belief that it is better to give than receive and to be there for anyone and everyone. I have lived and will continue to live my life with these principles and belief. It will take me more time to make my dreams a reality, but they will become a reality. I will not give up until I have succeeded in fulfilling this dream as it is also the dream of, if not all then, many parents.

Once again, Olomwaay, Olomwaay, Si Yuus Ma'ase, and many more Thank Yous from the bottom of my Heart and the depths of my soul to you and yours for standing by my side throughout my journey as a candidate and a child of the CNMI. Please remember, I am still here for you and will continue to be here for you.

Sincerest Olomwaay,

Rose Nelly Taman Ada-Hocog
#12 Precinct One