Hope is a gift we give ourselves, and it remains when all else is gone.

People always say 'They [teens] need a good talking to.' I've never agreed with that. A kid needs a good listening to.

Slow down, simplify and be kind.

I grew up in a family of secrets; there was a lot of pathology in the family.

We forget, we have a short memory and we're human. This morning my Scripture was Isaiah 26:3, which said, Thou wilt keep him in perfect peace whose mind is stayed on Thee for he trusteth in Thee.

Once you start to question your life you get to a higher level of awareness. It's like turning a light on-voila you see you have choices and choices are sacred.

I have faith, I believe in God and I've gotten through all the problems I had because of those three things: my faith, my hope and my belief in an eternal God.