Pain is a difficult companion. There's no getting around that. But, if pain is to be a companion, searching and discovering your own best ways to travel with that pain will lead you to the joy that you long to have. They are your paths, your ways and while my experience and the experiences of others may inspire you, ultimately it will be the choices you discover and make for yourself that lead you to certain joy in the midst of your challenges.

My husband melted my heart the day he asked me, "Can I participate in your wonder?" In whose wonder do you get to participate today?

It is (often) the quiet gesture which carries the most significance - the one which suddenly directs the symphony.

Who were you before you put yourself last.

Life is defined more by its contrasts than its samenesses; Life is defined more by its risks than the many securities.

If self-validation were our most significant societal measure - we would give trophies to ourselves.

Our daily decisions create the scrapbook of our life.