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

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

Deborah Norville

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

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

Grateful people may recover faster from trauma.

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

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.

When my mother passed away I was 20.

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

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.

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.

It is hard to get in the habit of forcing yourself to find three things on a regular basis that you are grateful for.

It is hard to get in the habit of forcing yourself to find three things on a regular basis that you are grateful for.

A thankful outlook smoothes the rough edges off life.

A thankful outlook smoothes the rough edges off life.

So many self-help ideas are like meringue - you take a big bite, and there's nothing there.

So many self-help ideas are like meringue - you take a big bite, and there's nothing there.

People who feel positively think differently. They think better.

People who feel positively think differently. They think better.

If you want to be liked, get a dog. The people you work with are not your friends.

If you want to be liked, get a dog. The people you work with are not your friends.

My job as a television anchor or television reporter is not to proselytize.

My job as a television anchor or television reporter is not to proselytize.

There is something in even the darkest situations that we can make a positive in our lives.

There is something in even the darkest situations that we can make a positive in our lives.

When you're true to who you are, amazing things happen.

When you're true to who you are, amazing things happen.

God is present everywhere, and every person is His work.

God is present everywhere, and every person is His work.