Part of what confuses people in times of upheaval is that you're getting so many different points of view and directions and so and so, how to do this and do that. And a lot of it is written in a language that honestly most people cannot understand.

Clearly older women and especially older women who have led an active life or elder women who successfully maneuver through their own family life have so much to teach us about sharing, patience, and wisdom.

Honestly, that is the most important thing to me: Can I continue to live up to my own expectations of myself - and not fall back into slacking?

There is no graceful way to carry hatred.

I feel like to be where you need to be - where you know you need to be - is such a high. What could be better?

I love us so incredibly, insanely deeply; it's almost unbearable to see what we do to ourselves.

Yes, Mother. I can see you are flawed. You have not hidden it. That is your greatest gift to me.