Every reader, I suspect, has a book like this somewhere in his or her past, a book that seemed to hold within it, at that moment, all the mysteries of the universe.

You want to have fun with your kids, and no one has fun with someone who runs roughshod.

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.

I do not like football, which I think of as a game in which two tractors approach each other from opposite directions and collide. Besides, I have contempt for a game in which players have to wear so much equipment. Men play basketball in their underwear, which seems just right to me.

In life, the classroom is everywhere. The exam comes at the very end.

Fashions in bigotry come and go. The right thing lasts.

America is a country that seems forever to be toddler or teenager, at those two stages of human development characterized by conflict between autonomy and security.