I was asked by Pam Garvey, one of the founders of Words on Purpose.

I am looking forward to Saturday's reading. I hope it raises a lot of money to benefit a terrific community organization dedicated to helping women who have suffered.

I really hope that the reading raises people's consciousness of domestic abuse and sexual assaults on women.

Kind words are short and easy to speak, but their echoes are truly endless

A word too much always defeats its purpose

There are some that only employ words for the purpose of disguising their thoughts