These days we don’t have to fit into something other people think we are. We’ve leveled the playing field, life is inclusive. I’m a mom, sex detective, wife, fearless, gentle — we can now, with grace, be all of what we are.

Every day is deeper and richer and more soulful.

Italian culture is so deeply soaked in an appreciation of the good things in life.

Being thin is not more important than enjoying life

I say to everybody, 'Adoption is not for the faint of heart.'

Losing my mother at such an early age is the scar of my soul. But I feel like it ultimately made me into the person I am today; I understand the journey of life. I had to go through what I did to be here.

The experience of being cared for is profound, and it nourishes the soul as much as the food does the body.