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My most cherished possessions are my grandma's letters and my vintage Martha Washington cookbook.

My mom used to tell me that the most valuable thing she owned was her library card. We were poor, but that's not what she was talking about. My mom knew that education opened doors and opened minds.

My nan taught me never to put value on possessions but to value family, friends and people. I buy lovely things and enjoy them, but they don't rule me.

I always remember having a healthy respect for my grandmother.

My grandmother valued her Southern roots, folk culture, and healing.

My grandmother was a huge influence on me and the fact that there was this very strong, rather formidable presence of women in my life has been an enormous value.

Nothing's really a prized possession except my family, you know?

I had a wonderful mother who wanted my sister and me to have everything, even though money was a very prominent thing we didn't have. But we had a very happy childhood - pretty much ideal, in fact.

I grew up around old stuff that was not necessarily valuable, but certainly unusual.

One of the great things about my mother is she really valued people's character more than what they did.