winda’s Reviews > The First Mom: Wit and Wisdom of Barbara Bush > Status Update

at the end of your life, you will. never regret not having passed one more test, winning one more verdict, or not closing one more deal. you will regret time not spent with a husband, a child, a friend, or a parent.

the most important job any of us will ever have is parenting. The home is our children's first school and we are their first teachers.

"Just keep in mind that each of you has a special gift to give-the gift of reading," she once said. "Few gifts are more precious. No other gift strengthens the mind and nourishes the soul like reading does. No other gift give rise to our dreams like literacy

our young people need to know that reading is a joy as well as the most essential of skills, and that libraries are inviting, accessible places dedicated to the joy of reading

"I'm not going to turn into a glamorous princess, I'm not going to worry about it. I have plenty of selfconfidence, not in how I look but in how I feel, and I feel good about my husband, my children, and my life."

"People are like crayon," she said. "Some are sharp, some are dull, some have odd names, and they're different colors, but they have to learn to live together in the same box,"

Barbara Pierce Bush is probably one of the most influential women in America history. The wife of one president, the mother of another and direct descendant of the 14th president, Franklin Pierce..