What matters most is not 'what' you are, but 'who' you are.

— DaShanne Stokes

What would it be like to feel so attached, so intrinsically bonded, so protective of one’s own best connection with time and the ages, of generations past and future, of another human life, of their time?

— J.R. Tompkins

While our life remains more chaotic than not, we continue to land on our blistered feet, drag each other out of the quicksand, beg for forgiveness as we wander out of the doghouse, and dig for the humor beneath our grief. So our family, four-pawed members included, continues to bound forward celebrating our canine connection and sharing hope with all who need healing.

— Donnie Kanter Winokur

Women are like trees, growing slowly over time. So many rings creating layers of maturity as their branches spread and reach out to the sky. Motherhood prunes those branches. Sometimes it prunes them back hard and painfully. But if you let go and trust in the good of what it means to be a mother, if you can trust in the knowledge learned from the hard lessons, then faith and belief will carry you through. And in the end, you will grow fuller and more beautiful from the sometimes harsh, pruning of motherhood.

— P.R. Newton

You are real! Everyone has to be different, or the world would be really boring. If we all looked the same, then no one could tell us apart. -Janelle

— Tara Michener

You create your own reality

— Allison Scott

You had nightmares every night for a long time and screamed in Korean words, but we didn't know what they meant. I asked someone who knew Korean, and he said it was um-ma, the word for mom.

— Soojung Jo

You need to call on your best and strongest self.

— Kate Mulgrew

Your ancestors are rooting for you.

— Eleanor Brownn

You were tossed away like a pair of beautiful, brand-new shoes that did not quite fit.

— Donna K. Childree