My mother was and will always remain my greatest hero.
I was raised to be an independent woman, not the victim of anything.
Getting smart on crime' does not mean reducing sentences or punishments for crimes.
Everybody will make mistakes, and for some that mistake will rise to the level of being a crime.
In every work environment, there will be politics. If you really want to rise to the top, you need to figure out what those politics in your workplace are. Then, you hook it in. You decide what conforms and what does not conform to your personal code.
I have loved to cook since I was a child in my mother's kitchen. If I don't have time to cook, I'll just read a cookbook.