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If I can't be happy, nobody can be happy.

Mama is slowly getting better. So many people are so fond of her.

Mama was a country woman with a whole lot of common sense. She understood what most of our neighbors didn't - that I shouldn't grow dependent on anyone except myself. 'One of these days, I ain't gonna be here,' she kept hammering inside my head.

The good mamas are often tough mamas.

No one can be said to be happy until he is dead.

Happy is the son whose faith in his mother remains unchallenged.

Everyone has a crazy old lady in their family like 'Mama.' No one ever comes up to me and says 'Mama' is just like them, so no one is ever offended by her. Even young people like to laugh at her. I think she helps kids appreciate their own grandmothers more.

I am loving being Momma. I really, really am.

What is happy? I think happy's in the moment. I don't think everybody can be happy all the time.