There's nothing trite about being consoled in a world that does everything in its power to deliver sorrow.

Love is an endless act of forgiveness.

There are so many people who don't know small towns exist. When I write, I want to give my readers two things: one is a sense of consolation, and two, I want to make them laugh.

I live in a village where people still care about each other, largely.

Sometimes you have to gag on fancy before you can appreciate plain.

Give me faith, Lord, to know Your Presence as surely as I know the beating of my own heart. I've felt so far from You.

My grandmother influenced me so deeply.