Mom also hinted a couple of times that it was good I was going to college, since with one failed marriage behind me, I 'd have trouble landing a good husband and would need something to fall back on. "A package that's been opened once doesn't have the same appeal".

Fussing over children who cry only encourages them. That's positive reinforcement for negative behavior.

Horses were never wrong. They always did what they did for a reason, and it was up to you to figure it out.

God deals us all different hands. How we play 'em is up to us.

The women I know with strong personalities, the ones who might have become generals or the heads of companies if they were men, become teachers. Teaching is a calling, too. And I've always thought that teachers in their way are holy-angles leading their flocks out of the darkness.

You have to find the redeeming quality and love the person for that.

I never had any question that my parents loved me. I had a real sense of self confidence.