My own will and desires were now very much broken, and my heart was with much earnestness turned to the Lord, to whom alone I looked for help in the dangers before me.

O never give me over to my own heart's desires, nor let me follow my own imaginations!

I've worked as someone's deputy, and now it's time for me to run something. It's time for me to run my own shop.

My own pregnancies were all about me, me, me. My aches, my pains, my swollen feet, and my body that looked like the Michelin Man.

My own parents were touchy-feely.

I always assumed people wanted to hear me tell stories, but then I had 'The Sunset Tree.' It turned out, my own stories were the ones that registered with people the hardest.