Of course, people say maybe there are some self-published books out there that shouldn't be out there. Well, it's the same with conventional publishing.

You know, if you hang around this earth long enough you really see how things come full circle.

Even if the Bush Administration had flung open the gates to stem-cell research years ago, we would not be at the point of offering treatment today. Christopher Reeve would still have been taken from us. But we would be closer.

Laura Bush went on national television during the week of my father's funeral and spoke out against embryonic stem cell research, pointing out that where Alzheimer's is concerned, we don't have proof that stem-cell treatment would be effective.

It takes strength to make your way through grief, to grab hold of life and let it pull you forward.

That is your legacy on this Earth when you leave this Earth: how many hearts you touched.

When I was a child, our summer days were spent swimming; chlorine in my hair was like perfume to me.