Sometimes we make decisions because it seems to be the only path visible at the moment. It's only later that we see there was more than one path, but the others were blocked from our vision at the time. That's the thing with hindsight, you see. Even if you can see it clearly, there's no going back. It's at that point we need to turn around and stare ahead and make a new life.

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.

We live, we love. These are the choices we are given, to open doors or to close them. It is all we have, and it is enough

Every woman should have a daughter to tell her stories to. Otherwise, the lessons learned are as useless as spare buttons from a discarded shirt. And all that is left is a fading name and the shape of a nose or the color of hair. The men who write the history books will tell you the stories of battles and conquests. But the women will tell you the stories of people's hearts.

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

Sometimes hope is all we have, and to lose that is to lose all.

You ain’t dead yet, so you ain’t done.