Not knowing my birthday had never seemed strange. I knew I'd been born near the end of September, and each year I picked a day, one that didn't fall on a Sunday because it's no fun spending your birthday in church.
I think it's a belief that you can learn something. That's something that I really value from the upbringing I got.
In families like mine, there is no crime worse than telling the truth.
My family always spent the warm months bottling fruit for storage, which Dad said we'd need in the Days of Abomination.
There's a sense of sovereignty that comes from life on a mountain.
Forgiveness isn't just the absence of anger. I think it's also the presence of self-love, when you actually begin to value yourself.
