When you have a baby, love is automatic, when you get married, love is earned.

I was so honored when Diane Sawyer named me "Person of the Week," and like I told her, "Diane, I love my daughter." I cried when I found out when she told me she was gay when she was 17 because of the judgment.

I learned a great lesson from my mother on her deathbed. She counseled me on the importance of taking care of myself so I wouldn't end up in an unhealthy body like she did.

The good Lord made us all out of iron. Then he turns up the heat to forge some of us into steel.

You can do everything you can to try to stop bad things from happening to you, but eventually things will happen, so the best prevention is a positive attitude.

That's what it is to be a grandma. All fun and no stress.

I have great faith in God. Without faith, I don't know how I would have been able to get through what I've been through.