The best part of being a mom to me is the unconditional love. I have never felt a love as pure, a love that's as rewarding.

Who? God. What? He loves you. Where? Everywhere. When? Always, forever, without ceasing. How? Totally, completely. Why? Because you are His child!

Do you know how painful it is to tell someone you love him and not hear him say it back?

You can spread your soul over a paddy field, you can whisper to a mango tree, you can feel the earth between your toes and know that this is the place, the place where it begins and ends. But what can you tell to a pile of bricks? The bricks will not be moved (page 87).

I am a firm believer that God has already ordered the things that have taken place in my life...and I'm just learning to follow the path he's laid before me.

I don't know which is more nutty. All this stuff I do outside of work, or the stuff I do all week.

My first priority is my children. If at any moment I put aside something that I want to do to be a better parent than that is more than okay for me.