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

You know, it's kind of hard because I really - I see kids on their Rollerblades and their bikes, and just running around, climbing trees, and I used to do that. And I loved doing that.

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.

Sometimes my body wakes me up and says 'Hey, you haven't had pain in a while. How about pain?' And sometimes I can't breathe, and that's hard to live with. But I still celebrate life and don't give up.

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.

While we are living in the present, we must celebrate life every day, knowing that we are becoming history with every work, every action, every deed.

If you have enough breath to complain about anything, you have more than enough reason to give thanks about something.