I wrote the book because I wanted to be able to share some things that I had learned and as pompous as that may sound, as you get to a certain point in life, you figure so what am I doing?

Family has always been the most important thing in my life. The only real goal that I ever had was to be a good mother.

I really think that to a lot of people hair is everything. Bad hair takes over everything, it really does. I think if somebody has bad hair it doesn't matter what else is happening.

I got a heart tattooed on my foot. It's my first tattoo.

The biggest lesson we have to give our children is truth.

Liberation is an interesting word, because you can be liberated from external things, and also from your internal dialogue.

When I realized this fear, this uncertainty, this potential of dying, I guess I needed something greater to hold onto than what we can see, touch, and smell-and that was the spiritual aspect of God, the nature of God and his relationship to humans.