I have often been adrift but I have always stayed afloat.

The best way to handle life, is to put your life in God's hands.

Whuppins were like kid taxes we paid with our behinds.

There are exactly as many special occasions in life as we choose to celebrate.

Abide close to the cross, and search the mystery of His wounds.

My brain feels like a cool, deep lake.

First of all, no candidate is going to win by catering to the alleged Occupy Wall Street vote.

I wish I would have kept the big picture in my mind at all times - what it most important? That my kids seek to please God and learn about their Creator.

I hope everybody will go back to the negotiating table. Ive always said this is the only way forward.

Seems like people could behave themselves without making a calculation regarding how likely or unlikely they are to kill other people.

I didn't really want to be part of a clique or a niche. But I also was looking for my own voice, as a writer, y'know? And a world I could call my own.