“ We come in many different shapes and sizes, and we need to support each other and our differences. Our beauty is in our differences. ”

“ I'm proud that today, at 43 years old, I've come to value the aging process and focus on inner rather than outer beauty. ”

“ I was born in 1968, just eighteen months after my sister Chrisse and just one year after Dad passed the bar exam. ”

“ I am not naturally that thin, so I had to go through everything from using drugs to diet pills to laxatives to fasting. Those were my main ways of controlling my weight. ”

“ The doctor asked what my diet was like and I had to sit down and realize it's not normal, and hadn't been normal for about 20 years. ”

“ I believe that as women, we must commit ourselves to sustaining the progress made by our foremothers who fought so hard for women's equality and liberation. ”

“ But life inevitably throws us curve balls, unexpected circumstances that remind us to expect the unexpected. I've come to understand these curve balls are the beautiful unfolding of both karma and current. ”