Overview
- In an MDR Riverboat interview, she said the decision is final and noted the send-off coincides with her 54th birthday.
- She described years of touring that meant over 100,000 highway kilometers annually and constant hotel stays.
- She wants to spend more time with her three daughters and her grandchild and to live more privately as “Tanja.”
- She reflected on a traumatic childhood marked by abuse, homelessness and foster care, saying she has chosen forgiveness toward her parents.
- She plans to turn toward work with animals, healing and spirituality, with a possible memoir under consideration.