I Don't Want To Be 'the Girl

People Think That You Have To Do Something Huge, Like Go To Africa And Build A School, But You Can Make A Small Change In A Day. If You Change Wednesday, Then You Change Thursday. Pretty Soon It's A Week, Then A Month, Then A Year. It's Bite-size, As Opposed To Feeling Like You Have To Turn Your Life Inside Out To Make Changes.

I'm A Disorganized Mess. My Purse Is Gross: I Once Found A Shoulder Pad, String Cheese, And A Christmas Ornament In It!

I'm Good At Picking Friends.

I'm An Optimist, So I Think Everything Can Be Worked Out And Fixed. But From Having Cancer I Learned That Even If You're Even An Optimist, Sometimes You Just Have To Face The Facts That Certain Things Are Broken.

I Can't Remember A Time When My Mom Didn't Work. She Has Forever Been On The Move: A Go-getter. When My Brother Adel And I Had A Paper Route As Kids, My Mom Would Get Up Before Us At The Crack Of Dawn To Drop Off The Washington Post At Different Corners.