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.

Every year, once a year, in Maryland, I go for a week and overnight camp with about 50 to 60 kids with muscular dystrophy, all ages, seven to 21. And it is really fun. I have some great friends there and wonderful counselors.

A heartsong doesn't have to be a song in your heart. It doesn't have to be talking about love and peace. It can just be your message. It can be your feeling. Some people might even call it a conscience, even though that's not really what it is. It's your message, what you feel like you need to do.

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.

We're divorced from my father because he did some mean and scary things to us.

People are fighting over how our heartsongs are different. But they don't need to be the same. That's the beauty. We are a mosaic of gifts. Each of us has our inner beauty no matter how we look.

Even though the future seems far away, it is actually beginning right now.