When I was 41, I found a lump the size of a grape in my right breast. I ended up bald, sick and exhausted from surgeries, chemo and radiation treatments. Ah, but I got to live.

Family is more than DNA, more than who we used to be, more than we can imagine we will become.

If baking is any labor at all, it's a labor of love. A love that gets passed from generation to generation.

It's OK to get angry with God. He can take it.

Eating something fresh out of the oven is like a hug you can taste.

Don't audit life. Show up and make the most of it now.

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