God sings, we hum along, and there are many melodies, but it's all one song - one same, wonderful, human song.

Every day, have a little bird on your shoulder that asks, 'Is today the day? Am I ready? Am I doing all I need to do? Am I being the person i want to be? Is today the day I die?

When he went blundering back to God, His songs half written, his work half done, Who knows what paths his bruised feet trod, What hills of peace or pain he won? I hope God smiled and took his hand, And said, "Poor truant, passionate fool! Life’s book is hard to understand: Why couldst thou not remain at school?" A poem by Charles Hanson Towne

All who are born are always dying.

Things that happen before you are born still affect you and people who come before your time affect you as well.

A memoir should have some uplifting quality, inspiring or illuminating, and that's what separates a life story that can influence other people.

Anyone who tries to write a memoir needs to keep in mind that what's interesting to you isn't necessarily interesting to a reader.