“My life is up to me to define. I needed to make my own dreams come true.”

“Well, it does make you realize that life, even at its longest, is still very short.”

“I'd learned balance is internal; that there really wasn’t one set formula for how to live your life nor how to handle the wife-mother-businesswoman juggling act. Maybe it was just being tuned in to every role and knowing when one or the other needed to be the focus.”

“Life-change list Number Five: Don’t forget the care and feeding of friends.”

“It’s really a whole new feeling when you realize you’re in charge of your life, your thoughts, and your actions—or inaction.”

“I didn’t know how good change could feel. I just worried about the risks, not the rewards.”

“I marveled about our collective ability as women to keep all the pain hidden, just below the surface.”