Occupation: Columnist Birth: May 31, 1956
Life is too short for long pity parties. Get busy living, or get busy dying..
If you're lucky enough to still have grandparents, visit them, cherish them and celebrate them while you can..
A writer writes. If you want to be a writer, write..
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 treatme….
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 tak….
Pope Francis is not only changing the face of the Catholic Church, he's challenging us to be the face of God in the world by seeing the face of God i….
Cry with someone. It's more healing than crying alone..
As much as the Pulitzer is the hallmark of journalism, I think what I love the most is when somebody says they took my column and it's in their walle….
Writer's block.. when one curses the blinking cursor on the blank page..
When it comes to going after what you love in life, don't take no for an answer..
Frame every so-called disaster with these words: In five years, will this matter?.
God never gives us more than what we can carry..
It's OK to get angry with God. He can take it..
When you have cancer, it's like you enter a new time zone: the Cancer Zone. Everything in the Tropic of Cancer revolves around your health or your si….
Get rid of anything that isn’t useful, beautiful or joyful..
Over prepare, then go with the flow..
Eating something fresh out of the oven is like a hug you can taste..
If a relationship has to be a secret, you shouldn't be in it..
It's rare to find someone excited over jury duty. If they're out there, I've never met them. Not a one. When the summons for jury duty arrives in the….
There are few places you can find silence. Air travel could be the last fortress of solitude..
Whatever doesn't kill you really does make you stronger..