When I was in second grade, my mother moved from Miami to this evangelical conservative environment in western North Carolina, two miles down the road from Billy Graham and his wife, Ruth.

And suddenly the world was filled with wooden faces and flat voices - and, you were alone.

rain slowly slides down the glass as if the night is crying.

I won't put myself in a position where I'm vulnerable.

I find it difficult to attend autopsies. Especially the smells.

Botox not only helps with wrinkles, it actually makes you feel more relaxed as frowning causes tension.

The dead have never bothered me. It's the living that I fear.