I think of how life takes unexpected twists and turns, sometimes through sheer happenstance, sometimes through calculated decisions. In the end, it can all be called fate, but to me, it is more a matter of faith.

Everyone wants to belong, or be a part of something bigger than themselves, but it's important to follow your heart and be true to yourself in the process.

But I am learning that perfection isn't what matters. In fact, it's the very thing that can destroy you if you let it.

I try to write about real women, real people - in other words flawed characters.

It was about grace, she decides, something that has been missing from her own life. ... She wants to be the kind of person who can bestow unearned kindness on another, replace bitterness with empathy, forgive only for the sake of forgiving.

Buried beneath disappointment and fear, anger and pride, I just might find it in my heart to forgive.