Often, we don't recognize real moments of happiness in our lives because we've been expecting something different- something bigger or perhaps more dramatic.

I've always looked at friends as the family we choose.

Exude happiness and you will feel it back a thousand times.

I'm almost reluctant to say it because it sounds superficial, but when you lose your hair, it just affects the way that you look at yourself in the mirror. You feel less feminine, pretty or desirable, and it's not an easy thing to go through.

It is reassuring to know that I can control how I feel and what I do on any given day. The eay I choose to see the world creates the world I see.

To be able to look at change as an opportunity to grow - that is the secret to being happy.

Our life is all about the choices we make, and when I was looking for a mate for life, I really was looking for someone who was a family man, somebody who would embrace my girls as much as they were going to embrace me. I guess I just wasn't finished having children yet.