My grandmother was a teacher, my sister was a teacher, my daughter was a teacher and is now a superintendent in northern California, and my son-in-law is a high school principal. I am surrounded.

... I learned the hard way that just as I no longer have to save anyone, neither do I have to be saved.

When women smoke, it is hard for them to quit because they are so worried about their weight; it's a vanity issue and a mindset.

Your lungs are changed forever from your first cigarette.

There's nothing glamorous about being dead.

My daughter teases me once in a while saying, Remember when you used to be my mother and you had black hair?

My grandmother was a teacher, my sister was a teacher, my daughter was a teacher and is now a superintendent in northern California, and my son-in-law is a high school principal. I am surrounded.