Churches are good for prayer, but so are garages and cars and mountains and showers and dance floors.

Writing has so much to give, so much to teach, so many surprises.

She felt as if the mosaic she had been assembling out of life's little shards got dumped to the ground, and there was no way to put it back together.

It is a violation of trust to use your kids as caulking for the cracks in you.

I've known for years that resentments don't hurt the person we resent, but they do hurt us.

I don't have any romantic views of parenting. Every step of the way it's really hard. It's a dangerous world, physically and psychologically.

I was the angriest daughter on earth, and also, one of the most devoted.