Bessie-isms:

*The person who brings enthusiasm and eagerness is always welcome for any undertaking. People who have a good attitude are seldom alone.

*The birth of a first child does not signal the death of you as a couple, although it may feel that way. What it signals is the beginning of family.

Quotable:

When one door of happiness closes, another opens; but often we look so long at the closed door that we do not see the one that has been opened for us.

Helen Keller