2010-04-29 16:12
For 25 years, when people have asked me for career advice, what I always tell them is don't give up what you have inside. Never sell your soul. Because no one can ever pay you back.
2010-04-22 15:59
"Hold your head up high," has been heard many times in my home. Each of my children has felt its invitation. The gift my mama gave me lives on in another generation.
2010-04-14 10:36
It seemed their mom and I had more in common than I thought, we both used one important ingredient in our cooking, the most active one – love.
2010-04-12 15:41
When we came to the point where I would usually pull away, I decided that, this time, I could hold on, perhaps, just a little bit longer.
2010-03-25 14:36
Dora had never received such a gift; she had no finery except her wedding ring. Speechless, she smiled radiantly and gathered her son into her arms.
2010-02-16 09:58
When I go out and weed or tend my flowers, I don't seem to miss my children as much as I once did. It feels like they're right there with me.
2010-02-11 16:15
The card had a photograph of tulips on the outside, and on the inside my mother had printed " Happy Valentine's Day" . Beneath it, scrawled in barely legible handwriting, was " Love, Dad" .
2010-02-04 15:12
In addition to ending years of confusion and estrangement, we learned to share the joy of being the proud daughters of two extraordinary fathers.
2010-01-28 10:06
I might die soon. I'm not scared. When I die, please dress me in red. Mom promised she's coming to heaven, too. I'll be playing when she gets there, and I want to make sure she can find me.
2010-01-21 15:31
I know now that the man who sat with me on the old wooden stairs that hot summer night over thirty-five years ago was not a tall man. But to a five-year-old, he was a giant.
2010-01-15 11:19
Be yourself and enjoy your partner as himself or herself not as you want them to be. Because you did fall in love with them knowing who they are.
