The doctor said, 'He can't last a week.' And I did. And they said, 'There's no way this kid's going to last a month.' And I did. And so they said, 'Two years. He's not going to make it.' Two years. 'Five years. He can't do that.' I lived to be five years. 'He's never going to hit double digits.' And here I am, a new teenager.

Unity is strength... when there is teamwork and collaboration, wonderful things can be achieved.

Do not breathe simply to exist.

God gives me hope that there is something greater than us, something better and bigger than the here and now, that can help us live.

I never question God. Sometimes I say, 'Why me? Why do I have such a hard life? Why do I have this disease? Why do I have siblings who died?' But then I think and say, 'Why not me?'

I want to keep publishing books, and writing and spreading my heartsong through the world.

We always have to choose to live our lives to the fullest. No one is better or worse than anyone else. We are different and beautiful.