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….

When in doubt, take the next step..

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

Over prepare, then go with the flow..

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….

Bakers get excited over aprons. I love the soft cotton ones with pockets like my gramma and mom wore. They always kept a hankie tucked in one pocket,….

It's OK to let your children see you cry..

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

While journalists cannot right every wrong, champion every cause or fix every problem, they can - through the written word - lift someone's burden fo….

There are few places you can find silence. Air travel could be the last fortress of solitude..

Cry with someone. It's more healing than crying alone..

Frame every so-called disaster with these words: In five years, will this matter?.

I usually give a book 40 pages. If it doesn't grab me by then, adios. With young adult books, you can usually tell by Page 4 if it's worth the time. ….

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….

Some days, 24 hours is too much to stay put in, so I take the day hour by hour, moment by moment. I break the task, the challenge, the fear into smal….

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

You don't have to win every argument. Agree to disagree..

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

Each day is a precious gift to be savored and used, not left unopened and hoarded for a future that may never come..

Life is too short to waste time hating anyone..

Growing old beats the alternative - dying young..