When I was 2, my mother took me on a trip to Monticello, Virginia, ... I can't remember the trip, but I'm certain it inspired me.

Everything I saw was fascinating. I saw the silversmiths, the blacksmiths and other artisans, and I wondered what I could do. I knew I couldn't do everything at once. So, the first thing I did was weaving.

It's a basic right for people to make decisions regarding their own health care treatment. As health care professionals, nurses know that education, accessibility and incentives -- not brute force -- are the best way to encourage people to comply.

I lived on a farm until I was 7 during the Great Depression, ... It didn't affect us, though, because our farm was self-sufficient. We had cows, hens, chicken, pigs and a donkey. The only thing we bought from the store was flour and sugar. ... My grandmother, Sarah Carter, smelled good, like apples, because she was always busy making apple cake or apple pie.

It is a part of our past, ... There are a lot of useful skills our ancestors had that helped found our country, and these may be skills we might need again.

We had a plow, a wagon and other old things, ... There were concrete sidewalks everywhere because my grandfather, Martin Luther Carter, would pour them. We had a coal furnace and indoor plumbing.