Poetry Gave Me Back My Voice.

Whenever Something Went Wrong When I Was Young - If I Had A Pimple Or If My Hair Broke - My Mom Would Say, 'sister Mine, I'm Going To Make You Some Soup.' And I Really Thought The Soup Would Make My Pimple Go Away Or My Hair Stronger.

I'm Just Someone Who Likes Cooking And For Whom Sharing Food Is A Form Of Expression.

Life Loves To Be Taken By The Lapel And Told: 'i'm With You Kid. Let's Go.'

I Can Be Changed By What Happens To Me. But I Refuse To Be Reduced By It.

Modesty Is A Learned Affectation. It's No Good. Humility Is Great, Because Humility Says, 'there Was Someone Before Me. I'm Following In Somebody's Footsteps.'