The biggest surprise, which is also the best, is that I didn't know I would love motherhood as much as I do.

If you can have faith in your real self, you'll suffer less. Be bold about who you really are.

It is important for women to know who they are, and to know what makes their hearts sing.

Certainly the research shows that grateful people are more innovative thinkers.

I was brought up Methodist, christened as a little baby and went to church every Sunday.

Your dreams can be realities. They are the stuff that leads us through life toward great happiness.

There is a comfort in rituals, and rituals provide a framework for stability when you are trying to find answers.

I want my kids to be curious, to be interested in a lot of things, to be confident, and to feel they belong in any number of situations.

Im about as straight an arrow as youll find out there.

So for years I kept mum about my passion for needle arts.

I now find magic in the mundane. I'm also more creative - better able to look beyond the obvious and come up with new story angles.

There is no dramatic difference in happiness on the part of people who are wealthy.

If I have time to exercise, I do it, but I don't fixate on numbers like weight or waist size. Numbers don't work for me.

Grateful people may recover faster from trauma.

I've been blessed, acne never knocked on my door. I think I look pretty darn good.

When my mother passed away I was 20.

Children may not notice the positive moments in life unless we point them out to them.

The scripture is God's plan on how we are to live our lives here and what we are to do to have eternal life.

I think our job as parents is to give our kids roots to grow and wings to fly.