Karen Pence Quotes

Karen Pence

Profession : Public Servant

Birth : January 1, 1957

It was really a matter of just letting God bring us kids when He was ready to bring us kids, and that's where they come from, and so we just had to wait until He was ready.

Karen Pence

When I first met Mike Pence, it was love at first sight. On our first date, we went ice skating at the Pepsi Coliseum at the state fairgrounds. We skated around for a little while, then he reached over and took my hand.

Karen Pence

We want people to talk to each other and part of talking to each other and reaching out is sharing your faith.

Karen Pence

I do think that when we're all low, sometimes the only person who's there for me is the Lord.

Karen Pence

I learned about being a spouse from my daughter-in-law.

Karen Pence

Our military readiness is dependent on these spouses being happy as military spouses.

Karen Pence

It was really a lot of fun to collaborate with Charlotte. She has worked her whole life to become an author and filmmaker, and so to be able to work with her on her very first published book is really a very sweet experience for a mom.

Karen Pence

For us, adoption was a real answer. In fact, we actually did get called by an adoption agency, and they did have a little boy that was going to be born in July. Our son was born the following November, but by the time they called us with a possible child, we already knew that I was pregnant with Michael.

Karen Pence

In retrospect, I look back, and I am so glad that we didn't have our kids when we wanted to have them. The time that they came along was just the right timing.

Karen Pence

It took us six years before we were able to get pregnant with our first child.

Karen Pence

I was born on an Air Force base.

Karen Pence

My dad worked for United Airlines.

Karen Pence

I kind of grew up around planes.

Karen Pence

My godfather had his own plane, and when I was a teenager, I got to fly with him and it just kind of got in my blood.

Karen Pence

With veterans, we want them to be able to talk about their struggles and sometimes they can't. Sometimes they're dealing with trauma that damages the brain. Sometimes they just don't know how to tell people they're struggling.

Karen Pence

We want people to know, especially our veterans, that there is help.

Karen Pence

The COVID-19 pandemic has added some unusual stresses for our military families, such as all of their PCS moves being put on hold.

Karen Pence

I taught second grade for years before I became an art teacher, and I would always encourage the parents to get some kind of pet that their children had to take care of, because I think it teaches responsibility. And caring for an animal is just a good experience for kids.

Karen Pence

For us now, with the kids gone, we like the unconditional love you get from a pet.

Karen Pence

The political world, the political life, is all out there. Our family has to come first.

Karen Pence