Whatever doesn't kill you really does make you stronger.

If you're lucky enough to still have grandparents, visit them, cherish them and celebrate them while you can.

It's scary to make major changes, but we usually have enough courage to take the next right step. One small step and then another. That's what it takes to raise a child, to get a degree, to write a book, to do whatever it is your heart desires.

Don't take yourself so seriously. No one else does.

If a relationship has to be a secret, you shouldn't be in it.

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.

Growing old beats the alternative - dying young.