Given another shot at life, I would seize every minute...look at it and really see it... live it...and never give it back. Stop sweating the small stuff. Don't worry about who doesn't like you, who has more, or who's doing what. Instead, let's cherish the relationships we have with those who do love us.

People usually survive their illnesses, but the paper work eventually does them in. Filing a claim for insurance is terminal.

Many people are intimidated by doctors. ... People also feel stupid when they don't understand what a doctor's talking about the first time around, so they don't ask again. And let's be honest here, people. English is not a doctor's first language.

No self-respecting mother would run out of intimidations on the eve of a major holiday.

Never underestimate what it takes to watch someone you love in pain.

There's something wrong with a mother who washes out a measuring cup with soap and water after she's only measured water in it.

I have always felt cookbooks were fiction and the most beautiful words in the English language were 'room service.