I Have My Own Sheep And I

I Grew Up Aware Of All The People I Depended On And Who Depended On Me.

Small Change, Small Wonders - These Are The Currency Of My Endurance And Ultimately Of My Life.

When I Look Out The Window, I Exhale A Prayer Of Thanks For The Color Green, For My Children's Safety, For The Simple Acts Of Faith Like Planting A Garden That Helped See Us Through Another Spring, Another Summer. And I Inhale Some Kind Of Promise To Protect My Kids' Hopes And Good Intentions We Began With In This Country. Freedom Of Speech, The Protection Of Diversity - These Are The Most Important Ingredients Of American Civil Life And My Own Survival. If I Ever Took Them For Granted, I Don't Know.

I Could Never Work Out Whether We Were To View Religion As A Life-insurance Policy Or A Life Sentence.

Given My Own Circumstances, I Find That Anything Can Turn Out To Belong Nearly Anywhere.