My relationship with my sister is so central to my life. She's my closest friend, my biggest supporter, and I know she would say the same about me.

The world is not that black and white, Rachel. There are no moral absolutes. It is complex.

Buried beneath disappointment and fear, anger and pride, I just might find it in my heart to forgive.

Well, shoes, bags and clutches are usually my big weaknesses - my husband always laughs when I call them 'investment pieces.'

Maybe that's what it all comes down to. Love, not as a surge of passion, but as a choice to commit to something, someone, no matter what obstacles or temptations stand in the way. And maybe making that choice, again and again, day in and day out, year after year, says more about love than never having a choice to make at all.

Sweetened ice tea is one of the things I love about the South, right up there with homemade biscuits and cheese grits.

Maybe the thing to do after you roll the dice-and lose-is simply pick them up and roll them again.