There's a word like overprotective to describe some parents, but no word that means the opposite. What word do you use to describe parents who don't protect enough? Underprotective? Neglectful? Self-involved? Lame? All of the above.

I think there should be a rule that everyone in the world should get a standing ovation at least once in their lives.

We carry with us, as human beings, not just the capacity to be kind, but the very choice of kindness.

You don't need your eyes to love. You just feel it inside you.

My mom smiled at me. Her smile kind of hugged me.

I wish everyday could be Halloween. We could all wear masks all the time. Then we could walk around and get to know each other before we got to see what we looked like under the masks.

The best way to measure how much you've grown isn't by inches or the number of laps you can now run around the track or even your grade point average - though those things are important, to be sure. It's what you've done with your time, how you've chosen to spend your days, and whom you have touched this year. That, to me, is the greatest measure of success.