All the things I thought I was - simple and plain and sometime funny - are very small words. They do not begin to describe me. They do not begin to express what is inside of me. I have value, and I have worth. I cannot be replaced like old shoes or taken for granted like tap water.

I even love the smell of books.

Pomegranate Soup is glorious, daring and delightful. I adored the Iranian sisters, Marjan, Bahar and Layla, who are looking to build a life, start a business and find love in a place so far from home. Ireland has never been more beautiful - the perfect setting for this story filled with humor, hope and possibility.

That's when you know for sure somebody loves you. They figure out what you need and they give it to you - without you asking.

We hang out, we help one another, we tell one another our worst fears and biggest secrets, and then just like real sisters, we listen and don't judge.

Writing comedy is the greatest spiritual gift you can give to anybody anytime.

My mother was an avid readerShe loved books about romance. Books that took place in faraway places and times. Stories with costumes