Ask yourself: was there anything I could have done to prevent the situation? If the answer is yes, do something now and become a better person for it.

The Stovepipe is a memoir full of laughter and tears and a moving story of sisterly love as well as their will to survive.

Mother can beat me all she wants, but I haven’t let her take away my will to somehow survive.

Even in its darkest passages, the heart is unconquerable. It is important that the body survives, but it is more meaningful that the human spirit prevails.

I work 338 days a year, 16 hours a day.

What distresses me at times is that I meet a lot of people in their 40's, 50's, 60's, who still say they're a victim of child abuse.

To help yourself, you must be yourself. Be the best that you can be. When you make a mistake, learn from it, pick yourself up and move on.