Presents don't really mean much to me. I don't want to sound mawkish, but - it was the realization that read more

Presents don't really mean much to me. I don't want to sound mawkish, but - it was the realization that I have a great many people in my life who really love me, and who I really love.

We all have special numbers in our lives, and 4 is that for me. It's the day I was born. read more

We all have special numbers in our lives, and 4 is that for me. It's the day I was born. My mother's birthday, and a lot of my friends' birthdays, are on the fourth; April 4 is my wedding date.

Today you are you! That is truer than true! There is no one alive who is you-er than you!

Today you are you! That is truer than true! There is no one alive who is you-er than you!

I've raced on all seven continents at least twice. I've probably run thousands of races. But the single race that read more

I've raced on all seven continents at least twice. I've probably run thousands of races. But the single race that I'm most proud is a 10K. Yes, a 10K. I ran it with my daughter on her 10th birthday.

Our birthdays are feathers in the broad wing of time.

Our birthdays are feathers in the broad wing of time.

My mom FedExes a red velvet cake she makes from scratch to me every birthday.

My mom FedExes a red velvet cake she makes from scratch to me every birthday.

I'm an avid shoe fan. I got my first pair of Louboutins as a birthday gift from Jami Gertz.

I'm an avid shoe fan. I got my first pair of Louboutins as a birthday gift from Jami Gertz.

It is lovely, when I forget all birthdays, including my own, to find that somebody remembers me.

It is lovely, when I forget all birthdays, including my own, to find that somebody remembers me.

I think, at a child's birth, if a mother could ask a fairy godmother to endow it with the most read more

I think, at a child's birth, if a mother could ask a fairy godmother to endow it with the most useful gift, that gift should be curiosity.