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

I think we can work through a lot of political and international problems, but what really frightens me is what's happening environmentally.

America had taken my father from me. And over most of the years of his illness, I gradually started feeling this support system from this country who-people grieving along with us.

The most ethical way to deal with an unethical situation would be to simply say: 'We did something wrong.' But nobody in a family like mine would ever respond like this.

Christopher Reeve understood that everything begins with hope. His vision of walking again, his belief that he would be able to in his lifetime, towered over his broken body.

Loss teaches you to figure things out as they come along.

Just think: people decided one day that a day should be set aside for motherhood and fatherhood. What a great concept that is.