Be kind to others before you take care of yourself; make whoever you're with feel like they matter.

It never failed to amaze me how the most ordinary day could be catapulted into the extraordinary in the blink of an eye.

You couldn't have strength without weakness, you couldn't have light without dark, you couldn't have love without loss

Things that break - be they bones, hearts, or promises - can be put back together but will never really be whole.

You know how hind-sight is 20/20? Love is when you look back and wouldn't change anything.

You signed no contract to become a parent, but the responsibilities were written in invisible ink. There was a point when you had to support your child, even if no one else would. It was your job to rebuild the bridge, even if your child was the one who burned it in the first place.

What I really want to tell him is to pick up that baby of his and hold her tight, to set the moon on the edge of her crib and to hang her name up in the stars.