There are no completely good or bad people. Everybody makes mistakes, or bad choices. It's how we live with them that make us the people we are.

A life without rain is like the sun without shade.

You have to get through the rain if you're ever going to see a rainbow.

Miles and years become suddenly invisible when you find yourself back where you started from, as if you've learned nothing and you are once again the person you once were.

Great tragedy gives us opportunities for great kindness.

I know what it is to hope and pray so hard that you're sure God will answer your prayer just so you'll stop asking.

But there is room now in my heart for more memories, carved by a letting go that I could find only by coming home to a place I'd never been.