The absence of words is the absence of intimacy. There are experiences that are starved for language.

We cannot bear a pointless torment, but we can endure great pain if we believe that it's purposeful.

I think you can't deny that because the cochlear implant exists, the signing world is shrinking.

I felt like all of the work was training for just one central idea: Accept your child for who he is. I'm not saying that I've done a brilliant job with that. But I've done my best.

Parenthood abruptly catapults us into a permanent relationship with a stranger.

If some glorious angel suddenly descended through my living room ceiling and offered to take away the children I have and give me other, better children — more polite, funnier, nicer, smarter — I would cling to the children I have and pray away that atrocious spectacle.

Exercise because it's good for you even if every step weighs a thousand pounds.