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.

In the final seconds before sleep, I wish I could go back and undo everything, give those little girls another chance.

But now I can see that there is redemption and beauty in an accident emanating from love.

You see yourself as very average, ordinary. And there is nothing ordinary about you, Rachel." (Something Borrowed)

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

But I am learning that perfection isn't what matters. In fact, it's the very thing that can destroy you if you let it.

I do not expect to get what I want, so I don't. And I don't even try.