My father moved through theys of we, singing each new leaf out of each tree, (and every child was sure that spring danced when she heard my father sing).

Strangers are family you haven't recognize yet

My writing habits are pretty static. I get up every morning between 6 and 7 am, grab a cup of coffee, say a few prayers, and go downstairs to my office and start writing.

I traded lots of dreams for a bigger paycheck, and I never even realized I was doing it.

If we knew what comes next, we never would have worried.

Sacrifice is a part of life. It's supposed to be. It's not something to regret. It's something to aspire to.

The fact is, there is no foundation, no secure ground, upon which people may stand today if it isn’t the family. If you don’t have the support and love and caring and concern that you get from a family, you don’t have much at all. Love is so supremely important. As our great poet Auden said, ‘Love each other or perish’.