Growing up, I never heard my parents curse, never. The first time I ever said a curse word was with my sister Kim.

My entire life changed when I became a mother - my priorities, my understanding, appreciation of life, and my relationship with God.

I'm learning to trust other people to do things. My time is limited, and I'd rather be spending it with my kids.

My mom and I had a kids' clothing store called Smooch for six years, and I did all the buying before I even had kids.

Before we got married, I had tremendous ambition. Once we got married and I started having children, then I just thought that that was my real life. Steve was definitely more ambitious than I.

I did nothing to deserve God's love; in fact, I was living as an orphan, without hope. Yet God chose to pursue a relationship with me, and through the death of his son Jesus, I was adopted into God's family.

Our marriage is grounded in the word of God. That's really it. God is the core of our marriage, and the foundation and the blueprint for it is how we live, and being open and honest and communicating, but ultimately doing what pleases God, and not in a selfish manner.

The truth is you can have a great marriage, but there are still no guarantees.