And as it turns out, if one person is praying for you, buckle up. Things can happen.

They always threw their arms around and hugged me while crying our Yiddish endearments. Yet none of them believed in God. They believed in social justice, good works, Israel, and Bette Midler. I was nearly thirty before I met a religious Jew.

I go to church every Sunday, which is like going to the gas station once a week and really, really filling up.

I'm very successful, but there are 50,000 general interest books published every year. If you don't want to read mine, there are others.

I remember staring at my son endlessly when he was an infant, stunned by his very existence, wondering where on earth he had come from.

All I ever wanted since I arrived here on earth are the same things I needed as a baby, to go from cold to warm, lonely to held, the vessel to the giver, empty to full.

He told me about his monster. His sounded just like mine without quite so much mascara. When people shine a little light on their monster, we find out how similar most of our monsters are.