Beauty Is Not Just Physical.

I No Longer Scramble Blindly Through Hardship. I No Longer Emerge From A Bad Time Feeling Relieved Just To Have Survived. Instead Of Despairing, I Try To Find The Lesson Within The Experience.

My Mother Never Wanted Me To Focus On My Physical Self. She Always Said That Beauty Is What You Do.

My Whole Life I've Had The Fear That I Was Going To Be Abandoned.

I Was Black Growing Up In An All-white Neighborhood, So I Felt Like I Just Didn't Fit In. Like I Wasn't As Good As Everybody Else, Or As Smart, Or Whatever.

Career Is Important, But Nothing Really Supersedes My Roles As A Mother.