we have to do it for hadea pendleton and the future she lost. th all of her pain, her mother found the strength to come tonight to share with us hadea's story, the type of child she was. >> ms. cowley, i just want to again say to you how sorry i am for your loss. >> thank you, thank you. >> tell us the kind of child hadea was so the nation will know from her mother the type of child she was. >> she was amazing. she had a heart the size of -- she just had a major heart. she had a huge heart. she was quirky. she loved to laugh. she loved her brother. family was everything for her. she was an avid reader. she very much loved volleyball and being a majorette. it was just -- she loved life. and she was a true, just a teenager. just a kid. she didn't want to be anything more than what she was. and that was 15. >> what i mean by that is -- >> go ahead, please. >> she has aspirations for being an adult. but she was just 15 and enjoying it. i used to talk to her about these years being some of the best years of your life. get in there and just enjoy them.