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" Steve had a real sixth sense about so many things. He had an odd connection with wildlife. He was extraordinarily intuitive with people. I found it all very - I don't know if 'eerie' is the word, but remarkable, certainly. "

Terri Irwin

Wildlife

Connection

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" To get someone who is sensitive yet strong... Steve was that. "

" I think, for other people who have lost someone and have loved again, it's a beautiful thing. But it's just not really on my horizon. "

" I've grown up with an active outdoor lifestyle. Before I lived in Australia, I ran a construction company in Oregon, U.S.A. I also owned horses and would spend several weeks a year exploring Oregon's beautiful wilderness areas on horseback. "

" I have two beautiful children. And they really are my strength. "

" Good nutrition and regular exercise definitely help you cope with life's dramas. "

" I always am astounded at how willing Steve was to share all about himself. And sometimes he got criticized for it. But he was so open and yet so private about some things. "

Terri Irwin

Got

Always

" I'll never leave. I love Australia, and I'm doing my best to be a fair dinkum Aussie sheila and honour all of Steve's work, and yeah, I'll be here the rest of my life. "

" I find it wonderful when people live, love, and laugh again. "

" Your grief path is yours alone, and no one else can walk it, and no one else can understand it. "

" I've always told Bindi, 'If anything ever happened to me, I will always watch over you from Heaven.' But she always understood because, living at a zoo, animals die; she's seen death. She knows what death is. "

Terri Irwin

Animals

You

" Bindi went in with the crocodiles when she was one month old and grew up with the crocodiles. "

" Steve had a broad, easy smile and the biggest hands I had ever seen. I could tell by his stature and stride that he was accustomed to hard work. "

" The only way to honor Steve and his legacy and everything he lived for was to try to continue his work and expand on it. "

" Parenthood is a great equalizer. It doesn't matter how famous you are - once you become a parent, you are just like everyone else. "

Terri Irwin

Great

Famous

" Steve was every woman's fantasy: macho but not a jerk, sensitive but not a wuss. "

" Steve said to me how excited he was when Bindi was born. He said, 'Do you think we could have a boy?' And then Robert was born, and they're perfect. They're easy kids. They're wonderful to me; they're such a help. "

Terri Irwin

Perfect

Think

" You can't just go and collect animals from the wild. It's totally illegal. "

" I have tremendous faith in God that all things happen for a reason, even if we don't understand. "

" I think that kids who grow up in an environment where they are constantly told that they're wonderful... that is going to change you. "

" I'm real adamant that, when we have family time scheduled, that we stick to it. "

" I still feel immense love and loyalty to Steve. And I've got great kids, I've got a very full life, and while I'm lonely for Steve, I'm not a lonely person. "

" You can't focus on yourself. You need to focus on what you're doing for others, and then you can start to heal. "

" Bindi's been filming with us since she first hatched. "

" When Bindi and Robert have grown, there will probably be another life for me, and I can't anticipate exactly what that will be, but it will involve continuing Steve's work, conservation, being there for my kids, Australia Zoo. "

Terri Irwin

Life

Zoo

" After losing Steve, it does kind of feel like I'm free-falling. "

" No matter the circumstances are that you lose someone, nobody's truly prepared. Steve's accident was so unexpected - it was extremely challenging. "

" It's a dynamic of grief within any family, and I found, after we lost Steve, his dad just began distancing himself. And I think it's a coping mechanism. I found it very confusing. "