How many times have you noticed that it's the little quiet moments in the midst of life that seem to give the rest extra-special meaning?

If you like to make things out of wood, or sew, or dance, or style people's hair, or dream up stories and act them out, or play the trumpet, or jump rope, or whatever you really love to do, and you love that in front of your children, that's going to be a far more important gift than anything you could ever give them wrapped up in a box with ribbons.

What interests me so much about the characters of the Bible is that they make mistakes but God uses them anyway, in important ways. Nobody's perfect, but God can even use our imperfection.

When our children see us expressing our emotions, they can learn that their own feelings are natural and permissible, can be expressed, and can be talked about. That's an important thing for our children to learn.

You make each day a special day. You know how, by just your being you.

One of the greatest dignities of humankind is that each successive generation is invested in the welfare of each new generation.

Solitude is different from loneliness, and it doesn't have to be a lonely kind of thing.