I've told my children that when I die, to release balloons in the sky to celebrate that I graduated. For me, death is a graduation.

There are no mistakes, no coincidences; all events are blessings given to us to learn from.

I'm not okay, you're not okay, and that's okay.

It is my conviction that it is the intuitive, spiritual aspects of us humans-the inner voice-that gives us the 'knowing,' the peace, and the direction to go through the windstorms of life, not shattered but whole, joining in love and understanding.

We need to teach the next generation of children from day one that they are responsible for their lives.

When you learn your lessons, the pain goes away.

Death is simply a shedding of the physical body like the butterfly shedding its cocoon. It is a transition to a higher state of consciousness where you continue to perceive, to understand, to laugh, and to be able to grow.