I don't deny myself food. I'm no saint. I love butter and cream, but I also eat lots of grains and fruits.
I love knowing that I have the ability to make someone's day better.
I really wanted to help people, in fact I started schooling to become a firefighter, but as a firefighter in my area you have to be an Emergency medical technician as well.
My father is a fire chief and was a fire fighter when I was growing up and I always looked up to him. So, I found out about 911 dispatchers, not something I had ever thought about, and put in for it.
One personal tip that my trainer gave me was, "Don't take things personally. People are calling on the worst days of their lives and you're their first point of contact. Be like a duck and let the water roll off your back. " I live by those words when I'm at work.
The most gratifying part of my job is helping people. It always makes your heart light and makes you feel much better.
If you like the job, the only way to go is up.
We are all cells in the body of humanity - all of us, all over the world. Each one has a contribution to make, and will know from within what this contribution is.
To me, birth control and abortion are genocide. I say, make room for children, don't do away with them.
I did kung fu up until two weeks before Benjamin was born, and yoga three days a week. I think a lot of people get pregnant and decide they can turn into garbage disposals. I was mindful about what I ate, and I gained only 30 pounds.
For two generations groups of women have given their lives and their fortunes to secure the vote for the sex and hundreds of thousands of other women are now giving all the time at their command. No class of men in our own or any other country has made one-tenth the effort nor sacrificed one-tenth as much for the vote.