Presents don't really mean much to me. I don't want to sound mawkish, but - it was the realization that read more

Presents don't really mean much to me. I don't want to sound mawkish, but - it was the realization that I have a great many people in my life who really love me, and who I really love.

Our birthdays are feathers in the broad wing of time.

Our birthdays are feathers in the broad wing of time.

My mom FedExes a red velvet cake she makes from scratch to me every birthday.

My mom FedExes a red velvet cake she makes from scratch to me every birthday.

I think, at a child's birth, if a mother could ask a fairy godmother to endow it with the most read more

I think, at a child's birth, if a mother could ask a fairy godmother to endow it with the most useful gift, that gift should be curiosity.

It is lovely, when I forget all birthdays, including my own, to find that somebody remembers me.

It is lovely, when I forget all birthdays, including my own, to find that somebody remembers me.

My mom and my father's birthday are on the same day.

My mom and my father's birthday are on the same day.

All the world is birthday cake, so take a piece, but not too much.

All the world is birthday cake, so take a piece, but not too much.

There are two great days in a person\'s life - the day we are born and the day we discover read more

There are two great days in a person\'s life - the day we are born and the day we discover why.

I've raced on all seven continents at least twice. I've probably run thousands of races. But the single race that read more

I've raced on all seven continents at least twice. I've probably run thousands of races. But the single race that I'm most proud is a 10K. Yes, a 10K. I ran it with my daughter on her 10th birthday.