Amy Grant

I did the best I could, and in some arenas, my best was not good enough. I've made some bad choices.

I write about everything, but I just - how faith filters through all that and colors your opinion of other people and life and all that.

When I look back at the pictures of our blended family the day Vince and I married, he and I are smiling, and all the children are frowning.

After all, the chief business of the American people is business. They are profoundly concerned with producing, buying, selling, investing and prospering in the world.

I studied international relations and economics at the University of Virginia. I paid my way by working as a bartender in the summer and at three part-time jobs during the year.

Marriage can be work, it can be difficult, it can be hard, but I think working through those times makes you stronger as a couple and as a unit.