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• As I said, it's all about choices, and I made the choice to be sure that I had a strong and clear voice that was heard, and that I was treated with dignity and respect by all three of the men in my life.
• I have always felt that motherhood was my calling, and I have always known I am going to do everything I can for my children because I want to be able to say that I'm doing a good job, with no regrets.
• Being a mother is more than a phase in my life; for me, it's a never-ending mission, my calling here on earth. And when the time comes and I'm standing before my heavenly Father, I just want Him to say to me, "Job well done."
• Accept him for the man he is, and accept yourself for the woman you are. Do not apologize for your feminine ways. God made you that way on purpose, and don't let anybody tell you there is anything wrong with being a woman and doing things as a woman does them.
• That is why I have chosen to bring a spirit of acceptance to my relationship with Phillip, and to embrace the differences between us rather than resist them.
• What I eventually came back to was that my father was not wholly a victim and that he bore some responsibility for abdicating control of his life. It was a stunning revelation, and it shaped the way I decided to live my own life. Today, I honor my father's memory by not letting anything control my life unless it's something I want in my life.
• It doesn't matter how loving, how kind, or how good you are; when alcoholism is controlling your life, goodness, kindness, and love don't help.
• But I also believe that God means for me to be an advocate for myself, both in my marriage and every other aspect of my life.
• To me, there's a huge difference between expecting happiness to come to you because you deserve it, and going out and getting the happiness you believe you deserve.
• And something inside me said, I will survive this . . . I will survive this. I just knew. I believe that God doesn't give you more than you can handle, and I allowed myself to hold fast to that. I told myself, Robin, there's a reason for this, and He knows you can handle it.
• It was then that I realized that loving your family and neglecting yourself are not the same thing; that, in fact, if a woman truly loves her family, she must not and will not neglect herself.
• That day, I took charge of my health and made it my business to know my body and what it needed to thrive-and I urge every woman to do the same
• Every day offers a chance to choose either anger or understanding, bitterness or acceptance, darkness or light. And the choices we make reveal the stuff we're made of.
• I think the success of a marriage is in large part based on the willingness of each partner to do what it takes to meet the other's needs.
• But for the most part, a mother-in-law is just a woman who has invested a lifetime of love and devotion in a child whom she still loves with all her heart.
• If you're a woman who is more comfortable reacting to life than acting upon it, I am here to tell you that you get what you ask for and that if you don't ask, you're going to end up settling for less than you want (and deserve).
• My mother was never going to allow anyone to invade the sanctuary that was our home and our lives. That was her domain, the three-bedroom, two-bath holy tract of her life's work, and she defended it with a fierceness that struck awe in my heart.
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