No one is in charge of your happiness except you.
God never gives us more than what we can carry.
Family is more than DNA, more than who we used to be, more than we can imagine we will become.
For me, being Catholic was who I was and who I am, just like I'm Irish and Slovak. It's just so ingrained in us.
Cry with someone. It's more healing than crying alone.
It takes tough love to order kids to step away from the iPhone or iPad during dinner or to take the devices away if they're interrupting and interfering with everyone else's pleasure at a movie, concert or other public event.