“Single- is an opportunity to live life on your own terms and not apologize.”

A busy, vibrant, goal-oriented woman is so much more attractive than a woman who waits around for a man to validate her existence.

A season of loneliness and isolation is when the caterpillar gets its wings. Remember that next time you feel alone.

No matter how much you stress or obsess about the past or future, you can’t change either one. In the present is where your power lies.

Sometimes it takes a wrong turn to get you to the right place.

When life brings you full circle, pay attention. There’s a lesson there.

She has to have four arms, four legs, four eyes, two hearts, and double the love. There is nothing “single” about a single mom.

Breakups have a way of shaking us awake and helping us see what we really want vs. what we are willing to settle for.

Sometimes it takes a heartbreak to shake us awake & help us see we are worth so much more than we’re settling for.

Don’t pour a lifetime of effort into a seasonal relationship. Not everyone from the pilot belongs in the finale.

I would rather be alone with dignity than in a relationship that requires me to sacrifice my self respect.

One of the best times for figuring out who you are & what you really want out of life? Right after a break-up.

It’s OKAY to be scared. Being scared means you’re about to do something really, really brave.

Sometimes a “mistake” can end up being the best decision you ever make

Sometimes when you lose your way, you find YOURSELF.

It is necessary, and even vital, to set standards for your life and the people you allow in it.

Being brave enough to be alone frees you up to invite people into your life because you want them and not because you need them.

Be around people that make your problems seem smaller and the possibility of life much bigger.

How small a thought it takes to fill a life.

Travel changes you. As you move through this life and this world you change things slightly, you leave marks behind, however small. And in return, life—and travel—leaves marks on you.

It’s not the pace of life I mind. It’s the sudden stop at the end.

Tell them I’ve had a wonderful life.

Though wrong gratifies in the moment, good yields its gifts over a lifetime.

The woman I am today is grateful, for the life that she has lived. And until she takes her last breath, it’s with gratitude she’ll live.

To me, life without veal stock, pork fat, sausage, organ meat, demi-glace, or even stinky cheese is a life not worth living.