[applause] stacey: my mother and my father, robert and carolyn abrams.plause] you all heard my story, i come from a big family, my sister andrea abrams, my brother richard abrams. my brother-in-law rendon mclean -- brandon mclean, my nephew jordan. my niece aaron, my niece ryan, my nephew cameron. my cousin alex, and my sister, aubrey denise abrams-mcclain. i have another sister leslie abrams, she is not out -- allowed to be out here because she is a judge. you all ground me. you sustain me. in times of triumph you support me. you bolster me in times of difficulty. i am reminded, in the tradition of my friend carolyn hubley, al williams, fieser -- lisa. and because my parents are reverend abrams i am reminded of what scripture tells us. second corinthians. we are troubled on every side, yet not distressed. we are perplexed, but not in despair. persecuted, but not forsaken. cast down, but not destroyed. i know the results are not what we hope for tonight, i understand that you are hurting and you are disappointed. i am, too. we may hunt -- may not have ma