I don't have children of my own so I can't say I know the plight of being a parent, but I can kinda understand some of the complexities of it.

I never wanted to be the person who said, "I woulda, coulda, shoulda." Life is way too short, and you may not last that long.

With all this talk of Going Green, Buying Green, Living Green, and Green being the new whatever, I've come to realize that, although we had no green, my grandmother was actually the 'greenest' person I've ever known.

You can't improvise if you are tense. Or thinking too much. You have to really let it go.

When I was younger, I was one of the few girls in the neighborhood who could break dance. That's kind of my local, ghetto-celebrity claim to fame.

It feels good to know you contributed positively to another's life, to their happiness, to their survival. It gives us a sense of purpose.

For instance, people who have to walk miles for water - and we just turn on the faucet and let it run. Or people right here in our country [USA] who are food insecure, and yet we as a nation throw out an inconceivable amount of food.