With each new day, I'm learning how to take control in order to have balance in my life. I plan time for myself and my loved ones and take it.

Falling down ain't falling down, If you don't cry when you hit the floor, It's called the past cause I'm getting past, And I ain't nothing like I was before, You ought to see me now

I don't have a ton of friends, but the friends I have are great ones. I don't have huge family, but the family I have is a great one.

Quiet moments recharge me.

I've met many young women who are HIV positive and courageously fighting the disease. Their determination to live a full life and see their children live in a better world is deeply inspiring to me.

I think what happens in the world, and I think it's part human nature and part programming, is we become an emulation of what we see. We become clones of each other.

My mom always said, "Don't date a guy who thinks he's prettier than you."