Compromise today is too often applauded simply for itself. The cost of compromise to principles and real lives doesn't seem to matter.

I do know that when my children are older and telling their own children about their grandmother, they will be able to say that she stood in the storm...and when the wind did not blow her way - - and it surely has not - - she adjusted her sails.

The days of our lives, for all of us, are numbered. We know that. And yes, there are certainly times when we aren't able to muster as much strength and patience as we would like. It's called being human.

The military is already sexually integrated.

You recognize a survivor when you see one. You recognize a fighter when you see one.

I'm not a victim - I never want to be perceived that way.

Either you push forward with the things that you were doing yesterday or you start dying.