“I watched my mother be one of the most vibrant, happy women every day....” — Tabitha Brown Quote

I watched my mother be one of the most vibrant, happy women every day. She loved to smile, all the time. She was a smile; she was pure sunshine. And with ALS in her last few months of her life, she lost her ability to smile.

When I learned to cook, I was in my early 20s, and my granny and my mom and my aunt would have to tell me over the phone how to do certain things because I didn't know how to cook. They would just say, 'Look, just put enough in there to where you feel like it's all right, because that's your spirit.' You've got to trust your spirit.

For years, I always covered my accent because I was told to. I always wore my hair long and straight because I was told to, always trying to be a certain look to fit in to what I thought Hollywood wanted me to be.

Air fryers make life easier and healthier.

I had always thought of myself as a sanguine person, quite light and airy. But for a long while, no one could have possibly made me laugh or smile. It was awful.

You see some of these actors, they have a permanent smile on their face. How can they do that? It really fascinates me.

Comrades, this man has a nice smile, but he's got iron teeth.

Sometimes, a nice smile can make up for anything, like when you can't get into an outfit comfortably.

You know, there's nothing like seeing the smile on my kids' faces. Laughing together. Playing. It's the best.