People ask me all the time if I'm from a family of writers. The literal short answer is no, but my father and his brothers and sisters and his mother are all people who would sit around with a Tom Collins and tell stories that seemed to get better and better each time they told them.

We are awash in the revealed world.

All parents should be aware that when they mock or curse gay people, they may be mocking or cursing their own child.

Writing for UrbanMoms has awarded me a multitude of amazing opportunities. I have traveled to new places; alone and with my family. I have discovered new products, new books, new trends and new restaurants, and been able to share them with my readers. I've met other wonderful writers and many incredible celebrities.

A writer is always working with whatever she's managed to store in the brainpan or puzzle out about the world.

I'm very optimistic. I think if you would describe me, my pretty consistent affect is that I'm a pretty happy person.

In the same way the Brits had to get used to the idea that the sun had set on the British Empire, I think that there's the subrosa feeling that we are at the end of the American century, and I think that's very, very hard for Americans to take.