No one is ever successful at everything that they do.

I thank God for my failures. Maybe not at the time but after some reflection. I never feel like a failure just because something I tried has failed.

Sometimes my mouth is a little too big and a little too open and sounds too much like a sailor.

Storms make trees take deeper roots.

I have a tendency to be awfully big-hearted and it's very hard for me to say no, even when I need to.

Mama sewed the rags together, sewing every piece with love. She made my coat of many colors that I was proud of.

I love the energy of children. It makes me feel young. I'm just drawn to them. They're like magic to me. And they're drawn to me, the childlike part of me that never did grow up.