Deborah Raney

I think perfect happiness has everything to do with learning to be content with what I have. ”

Most parents' goal is to launch their children into the world with all the tools they need to make it on their own. ”

I would love to be bilingual. I think having a second or third language at my bidding would open up the world in amazing ways. ”

I love to travel, I love to go out with my friends, but what I love most is being home with my family. ”

I've been blessed with so many wonderful women friends throughout my life. ”

I think the simplest advice I could give would be to wait until asked before giving advice. ”

If I could give one piece of advice, it would be 'If you're angry with a family member, talk to God about it, not the other members of your family.' ”

We have four grown children and five grandchildren... so far! So, as you can imagine, family is extremely important to us. ”

I believe the wedding vows are sacred and precious, and it's been one of my goals as a writer to portray the kind of marriages I've seen modeled in my family - my parents and grandparents, who all celebrated fifty-year anniversaries and well-beyond. ”

Nowhere else have I grown more in my faith than in the midst of my family. ”