There have been so many people that have come up and embraced me as an example of what it's like to face something tough and just get up the next day and keep pushing.
Everybody has problems. Everyone has issues.
It may look perfect, but that's one thing I have learned about life is that it isn't always what it looks.
My faith experience, well, as you can imagine, you need a lot of faith to raise five boys.
Riding exhilarated me; it gave me a joy and a purpose.
My kids don't drink and don't smoke. For me, that's a great blessing.
In marriage, it's always that give and take and rebalancing that we have to do in how we can help each other. But, I have been known at times by my sons, that is the name that they call me-the Mitt stabilizer.
When I was so fatigued that I couldn't move, the excitement of going to the barn and getting my foot in the stirrup would make me crawl out of bed.
Raising children is the hardest job that there is on the face of the Earth.
You have to recognize that deep within your soul, you know who you are - and let [the criticism] go right by you. If you're reacting to it, you're letting it get to you.
Once your health is taken away, you have nothing.
