Forget aging. If you're six feet above ground, it's a good day.

My family and my friends are most important to me. These people are my foundation.

The foundation of family - that's where it all begins for me.

Everybody wants you to do good things, but in a small town you pretty much graduate and get married. Mostly you marry, have children and go to their football games.

I was adopted into this incredible home, a loving, positive environment, yet I had this yearning, this kind of darkness that was also inside me.

When you're a mom to three children, nothing bothers you. Trust me. Who cares what people say? I've got other things to deal with.

I don't want to sound like a Hallmark card, but to be able to wake up each day with food and shelter, that alone is good. Forget aging and the fact that my butt is becoming a little more familiar with my knees than my tailbone. If you are six feet above ground it's a good day. So, give me more!