The Marines was a fresh start - that is why they shave your head. I wish they would let you read more

The Marines was a fresh start - that is why they shave your head. I wish they would let you change your name.

I actually think sadness and darkness can be very beautiful and healing.

I actually think sadness and darkness can be very beautiful and healing.

Suffering isn't ennobling, recovery is.

Suffering isn't ennobling, recovery is.

Bad things do happen; how I respond to them defines my character and the quality of my life. I can read more

Bad things do happen; how I respond to them defines my character and the quality of my life. I can choose to sit in perpetual sadness, immobilized by the gravity of my loss, or I can choose to rise from the pain and treasure the most precious gift I have - life itself.

Being divorced is like being hit by a Mack truck. If you live through it, you start looking very carefully read more

Being divorced is like being hit by a Mack truck. If you live through it, you start looking very carefully to the right and to the left.

Blessed are the hearts that can bend; they shall never be broken.

Blessed are the hearts that can bend; they shall never be broken.

I think it\'s important to have closure in any relationship that ends - from a romantic relationship to a friendship. read more

I think it\'s important to have closure in any relationship that ends - from a romantic relationship to a friendship. You should always have a sense of clarity at the end and know why it began and why it ended. You need that in your life to move cleanly into your next phase.

Part of the healing process is sharing with other people who care.

Part of the healing process is sharing with other people who care.

Life goes on, and I'm moving on to the next thing, but I hope the soaps that are still running read more

Life goes on, and I'm moving on to the next thing, but I hope the soaps that are still running will thrive. They have millions of loyal viewers.