Great tragedy gives us opportunities for great kindness.

They say that not matter how old you become, when you are with your siblings, you revert back to childhood.

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.

Don’t see the notes. See the music. See the story it is telling you. Allow the music to change you. Allow it to give you the courage to do whatever you need to

The answers we seek aren't always the answers we want, are they? But knowing the truth is what helps us sleep at night.

Death and loss, they plague you. So do memories. Like the Mississippi's incessant slap against the levees, they creep up with deceptive sweetness before grabbing your heart and pulling it under.

Every woman needs a daughter to tell her stories to.