Create something. Create something ugly. Create something beautiful.  I don't care what it is. Create it.

They say you can tell a lot about a country by the way it treats its prisoners…I believe the same can be said for how a country treats its children

An educator...a good one that is, inspires others to be even better than herself.

I work backwards with the ending in mind as I create art, stories, poems and books. Always in a process of becoming.

Be the kind of grown up you needed as a child.

Most often it is in heartache that we love more boldly.

People say they walk on the shoulders of giants. True, but have you ever walked like one?

Be simple. Be direct. Be clear. Don't worry about being correct. Worry about being real.

Start each day asking, "How do I want others to feel?" Then act accordingly. xo

Education is not filling up a box but seeing what you can create with one and don't you ever forget that!

A poem a day keeps the doctor away.

All is as it should be.

Not what we say about our blessings, but how we use them, is the true measure of our thanksgiving.

Time is the ultimate equal opportunity employer.

You have this way of making me feel like I can fly.

I like to wear sleeves because they cover up my arms.

The mystery of that damn virus has been generated by the $2 billion a year they spend on it.

If you realize that all things change, there is nothing you will try to hold on to. If you are not afraid of dying, there is nothing you cannot achieve

A pill to make you numb, a pill to make you dumb.

Those who always know what's best are a universal pest.

There is no human feeling to the US securities markets and sometimes no discernible evidence of human intelligence either. But they work.