Kristin

“It's choice - not chance - that determines your destiny. ”
― Jean Nidetch

“A mother is the truest friend we have, when trials heavy and sudden fall upon us; when adversity takes the place of prosperity; when friends desert us; when trouble thickens around us, still will she cling to us, and endeavor by her kind precepts and counsels to dissipate the clouds of darkness, and cause peace to return to our hearts.”
― Washington Irving

“You can't stop the waves, but you can learn to surf.”
― Jon Kabat-Zinn

“A man does not make his destiny: he accepts it or denies it.”
― Ursula K. Le Guin, The Farthest Shore