The fact is that most husbands, regardless of religion - it's an old-fashioned gender divide where the husband wants to stay home and the wife is the one who drags herself and her children to whatever spiritual center they're going to.

Everything I know about life I learned from the daily practice of sitting down to write.

When I was growing up, I had no idea that I could possibly become a writer. I wrote endlessly in journals - a practice I maintained for a long time, well into the writing life I had no idea I could ever have.

There is no end to the promotion. There is no end to the possibilities. You can continue to promote a book for years, literally.

Those memories that are engraved within me become teaching tools, ways of connecting with others, of creating an empathic bridge, of reaching out a hand and saying, I've been there, too.

Recognize the possibility of the divine in any given moment.

The only graceful thing to do is recognize and embrace what is actually happening, rather than fight against it.