I lost boundaries as a child that I didn't even realize it and it wasn't talked about back then. You know, it was something you just buried and dealt with, and moved forward. What could you do about it?

I mind my body by eating whole, healthy foods. I learned from Nutrisystem to eat consistently all day; otherwise, your body hoards fat. Of course, I also mind my body when it occasionally whispers, 'Marie, you need some chocolate.'

There are some great questions to ask your doctor. If he says 'no,' then you find yourself a different doctor. There really has to be a change in how we medically look at women at this time. I mean, this is not just baby gloom.

I don't claim to know everything. I claim to be a seeker of knowledge.

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

My mother never asked me to do anything she wouldn't do herself. She always taught by example.

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