Motherhood changes everything.

Looking back, now, I realize that you only ever need one person who lights up that way when you enter a room. One person is all it takes to give a kid confidence.

The good things that happen to us were meant to happen, and the bad things that happen are lessons meant to teach us to be better.

Two different things. Work is survival, and love sustains you. You have work anytime. But love? Not always.

I loved to read, still do, and it seemed that the writing was a result of the love of books and reading and libraries.

It's the secret to happiness, you know. Only take what you need.

Our faces will become works of art that our grandchildren will treasure.