Southern Belles are sweeter than sweet tea, stronger than Tara’s foundation, with passion as fierce as a hurricane and love as deep as the Mississippi.  They only make women that way in the South.

When life is built around love, it can outlast death, because death is not the end.

There is never a time in your life that you can’t change and reinvent yourself.  My sister is an example!

In order to live a fulfilled life, you have to be open to change.

Let people into your heart…even if you are afraid that they will be close enough to hurt you.  You can’t spend your whole life being afraid of what people may do to you.

When someone you love dies, it’s only temporary.  No separation is permanent.  Just, right now, there’s no cell phone service.  That’s all.

(Dedicated to my good friend, Vanessa, who has helped me in learning this important lesson.)

Your parents were once as wild as you…even if they don’t seem like it now.

To fall madly in love with someone, you must first love them for their mistakes and their flaws, and then for their triumphs.