The loss of my father was the most traumatic event in my life - I can't forget the pain.

For most of my life, I have eaten to deal with stress.

Life has its ups and downs, but you can only look forward.

Just like there's always time for pain, there's always time for healing.

For 10 minutes, I was somebody's mother, and that was both the most traumatic and also the most transcendent experience of my life.

let's be honest: ignoring is acting, and nothing more - acting as though the words, or actions of your oppresors don't hurt. you hear the words, you feel the insults, and you bear the blows. you can act deaf and impervious to pain, but the stabs and the arrows pierce you anyway.