I didn't think it was possible at my age, honestly. They call it a geriatric pregnancy.

I think I am at my best when my hair is short. It's easier to take care of and more of who I am. Women are conditioned to think we need long hair.

Self-esteem comes from who you have in your life. How you were raised. What you struggled with as a child.

There's a place in me that can really relate to being the underdog.

By the time I left school, I had a lot of tenacity.

My mother never wanted me to focus on my physical self. She always said that beauty is what you do.

I no longer scramble blindly through hardship. I no longer emerge from a bad time feeling relieved just to have survived. Instead of despairing, I try to find the lesson within the experience.