When you stand and share your story in an empowering way, your story will heal you and your story will heal somebody else.

For most of my life, I believed that my father had broken many of my bones. They were emotional and psychological bones; things no one could see, things that caused me to limp through life clutching for and holding on to people and situations that often rendered me immobile.

When was the last time you thanked you for always being there for you? Self appreciation soothes an aching soul.

Any time in America when the military has to stand in opposition of their own citizenry, something is wrong.

Finally and most important of all, authenticity means that you must do what you do the way you do it and allow everyone else the same courtesy. There was a time I wanted to be like every famous writer that ever lived. I tried to copy styles, reframe information, use similar artwork. I almost drove myself crazy! Now I just do what I do. I have mentors. There are people whose work I admire, but I write the way I write. I eat the way I eat. I dress the way I dress. I can't believe that God made us each so unique only to have us do everything the same way.

You are never angry for the reason you think you are. There's an older hurt under that.

I am just an ordinary person committed to doing extraordinary things.