If you have donated, these children may never know your name, but they will never forget your kindness.
I think we all do have a guardian angel. I believe they work through us all the time, when we are thoughtful and good and kind to each other.
I’d love to do some bedtime stories for kids or that kind of thing. But with the demands of the shooting schedule and balancing the demands of being a single mother, it’s a wonder you can squeeze in anything.
I have morning prayers and a nighttime reflection. I also read the Bible daily.
For life to be meaningful, you must have a challenge.
I grew up in Ireland, and the ocean was never more than an arm’s length away. As lovely as the mountains are and as friendly as the people of Utah are, I feel a bit landlocked here.
People are hungry for stories of faith. People are hungry for hope.
Between stimulus and response, there is a space, and when you take time to pray or make a cuppa, you don’t have to live in reaction to a situation.
I think Operation Smile is in more than 22 countries, mostly Third World. It just happened that my schedule opened up at the time they were heading to Vietnam.
If I can steal away and read something other than what I have to for my work, it’s restorative.
I was reading through endless junk scripts that were being sent my way. Typically the roles were to play his wife or his girlfriend – leading roles for women were few and far between.
I’m the youngest of six children; both of my sisters are housewives and they each have four kids.
I also know how to ask people for money and I have no shame about doing that.
Jessica Simpson is the youth ambassador for Operation Smile, and an episode of The Apprentice featured a team managing a charity concert she put on. Donald Trump came on stage and pledged a donation.
I have been a spokesperson for Operation Smile for twenty years helping children with facial deformities. I also have worked with a children’s mission called Compassion International. Both are doing amazing work for the children of the world.