Everything has to be clean and orderly when I sit down to write. I have candles going, and small objects that remind me of what I am working on, or b….

Looking back, now, I realize that you only ever need one person who lights up that way when you enter a room. One person is all it takes to give a ki….

The Wise County Bookmobile is one of the most beautiful sights in the world to me. When I see it lumbering down the mountain road like a tank . . . I….

And when you clear away the cobwebs of the description of every job in the world, at the bottom of that job is service. It's service. And I took that….

Mama always said a good family has one heartbeat. No one knows you like the people you live with, and no one will take up your cause to the outside w….

All the things I thought I was - simple and plain and sometime funny - are very small words. They do not begin to describe me. They do not begin to e….

Book clubs are the best thing that has happened to the world of publishing..

But a child's joy is doubled for the mother, and the sound of her son's laughter began to her heart, a feat she had never believed possible.

This is where men and women are different, we can put aside petty competition for relationships - they can't. It interferes..

Women move through the world never knowing their power..

Let life unfold, say what you mean. You can’t always think about what you’ve lost, or what you don’t have, or what you didn’t get. Because when you d….

A good mother is irreplaceable..

I love rhinestones, faux jewelry..

Pomegranate Soup is glorious, daring and delightful. I adored the Iranian sisters, Marjan, Bahar and Layla, who are looking to build a life, start a….

Anything you ever make that matters takes a long time. Some artists never see their work in front of an audience, so for them 15 years is a blink of ….

A handwritten letter carries a lot of risk. It's a one-sided conversation that reveals the truth of the writer. Furthermore, the writer is not there ….

Love has a funny way of showing up when you aren't looking for it and didn't plan on it..

This is one of those times when explaining a feeling cannot measure up to actually having the feeling.

This should tell you everything you need to know about guys. They only go after what they know they can get. We girls, on the other hand, aim really ….

Our faces will become works of art that our grandchildren will treasure..

If you look around to find meaning in everything that happens, you will end up disappointed. Sometimes there aren’t reasons behind the terrible thing….