I'm keenly aware of how important it is to set a good example. You may not think that your kids are paying attention to you, especially with something like money, but they probably are.

A foreclosure does not define you financially.

I like the idea of having a paperless society.But to be paperless means you have to be so careful with your identity.

The rich are depressed because they realize their money can't buy them out of their issues.

If we aren't careful, our children will come down with 'affluenza,' a disease that causes them to confuse wants and needs. We need to teach our children what my grandmother taught me: Think twice about spending money you don't have on things you don't need to impress people you don't like anyway.

My writing is definitely influenced by and speaks to African-Americans because that is who I am. I'm black. I'm a black woman. I'm a black mother, wife, churchgoer, etc. I am the legacy of slavery.

We know intellectually that money can't buy happiness yet we spend and go into debt as if it does.