“I felt like I missed my opportunity to pursue acting or entertainment....” — Tabitha Brown Quote

I felt like I missed my opportunity to pursue acting or entertainment. I convinced myself to believe that for quite some time, because I'm from a small town in North Carolina, you get married, have a house and car and live happily ever after. You have a baby early, honey, you go to work! I convinced myself that I had to be OK with that.

I needed to share my stories with people on how I've gotten through the toughest times in life.

I never expect anything from anyone. The way that people support me, it makes me emotional. Because all I do every day is try to show up as me 100% and spread love to people, and to receive it back the way that I do - it is really mind-blowing.

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.

'Mosaic' is about what we see and what we don't see. I learned how people can develop other senses to compensate for a missing one when I was a child. My best friend, Carol, who is profoundly deaf, saved me from an approaching car that she 'heard' when I didn't.

The practical reality of managing cars in the family - I do 36-month leases. I think they're horrible investments. And you want to give them back after their warranty is over.

We put more emphasis on who can drive a car than on who can be a parent. And I think there ought to be mandatory parenting classes starting in high school, and you should have to have a license to be able to be a parent to explain that you don't give alcohol to kids.

I urge you children to be patient with your parents. If they seem to be out of touch on such vital issues as dating, clothing styles, modern music, and use of family cars, listen to them anyway. They have the experience that you lack.