I suddenly realized I was in this absurd situation: I am an amateur baker, I hadn't been in a church in years, I barely speak French, and found myself going over to try to restore the lost 1300-year-old tradition of baking at the abbey."
VOA: standard.2010.07.16
"I don't think I would have had the guts to pursue that dream if I hadn't realized how fragile life is, " she says.