I have often wished in the past few years that my mom were here to help me as I raised my own teenage son. As a girl, with my own mom, I thought I knew it all; now I know better. Somewhere, I know my mom is smiling.

Sometimes you simply made the wrong choice and you had to live with it. You could only change the future.

I guess no one stays friends for more than thirty years without broken hearts along the way.

You will always miss her. There will be days - even years from now - when the missing will be so sharp it will take your breath away. But there will be good days, too, months and years of them. In one way or another you'll be searching for her all your life.

And no one drank just one shot of tequila.

There are always times in life that you don't fit in. But you have to go forward and make a place for yourself. That's what growing up is all about. Being strong and believing in yourself-even when you're most afraid.

One thing I can tell you for sure is this: we only regret what we don't do in life.