I would have made different choices. You know, I might have married somebody else.

Brave people are the firemen who run into the burning building. That's brave.

I'm part of a community that holds each other up, and it's been great to be held up too.

Maybe we all change over time.

You have to have enough respect for other human beings to leave their lives alone. If you admire that life, build it for yourself. Don't just try to come in and take somebody else's life.

Resilience is accepting your new reality, even if it's less good than the one you had before.

You all know that I have been sustained throughout my life by three saving graces - my family, my friends, and a faith in the power of resilience and hope. These graces have carried me through difficult times and they have brought more joy to the good times than I ever could have imagined.