“Contrary to widespread beliefs that older populations consume resources that would otherwise go to youth, there is growing reason to think that older people may be just the resource children need.”

“You will lose someone you can’t live without, and your heart will be badly broken, and the bad news is that you never completely get over the loss of your beloved. But this is also the good news. They live forever in your broken heart that doesn’t seal back up….

“Friendship isn’t about who you’ve known the longest, it’s about who walked into your life, said ‘I’m here for you’ and PROVED it.”

“I have found the best way to give advice to your children is to find out what they want and then advise them to do it.”

“When I let go of trying to be everything to everyone, I had much more time, attention, love and connection for the important people in my life.”

“Remember that creating a successful marriage is like farming: You have to start over again every morning.”