When I was 19 years old, both of my parents died in the same year; my mom of cancer and my dad in a car accident. Through the next two or three years and a series of bad decisions - all my own, I might add - I ended up literally homeless, before that was even a word. I even slept occasionally under a pier on the Gulf Coast.

There are so many common occurrences in raising children that people just can't seem to figure out.

There are generations yet unborn, whose very lives will be shifted and shaped by the moves you make and the actions you take.

What I'm doing when I'm doing my speaking engagements is that I'm delivering serious material with humor. So, instead of delivering humor without a particular point other than to entertain people, I'm delivering comedy in a serious way.

Only true remorse and "Will you forgive me?" can press the reset button.

Adversity is preparation for greatness.

No matter how long it takes or how desperately a person battles or denies, the truth always-always-makes itself known.