“My dad passed away about a year ago because of Alzheimer's disease, and he suffered and battled for 17 years," Guidance secretary Brooke Martinez said. "It was a long drawn out process … We knew the day was coming, but it always hits you like a ton of bricks when it actually does happen. That day, I went home and watched the movie ‘Wild’ with Reese Witherspoon. At the very end, there’s a quote by James Michener that says, ‘We are never prepared for what we expect.’ And I [was] like, ‘Oh my god, that’s like my life in a nutshell.’”