I understand the sensitivities of grown children with little ones of their own!! They'll turn away a mother full of advice, but they'll never say no to one holding a mop.

All mothers have intuition. The great ones have radar.

After 14 years of dieting, there are only two things I've never lost. Hope and weight.

So often, happiness is the extent to which we balance our grandiose expectations with reality.

Allow yourself to graduate, every five years.

What happened to the good old days of "Woman as passive recipient?" What happened to being courted? What happened to sitting back under a parasol and granting someone a chance to try to win us over?

One day, in 1982, for 15 minutes, my hair was perfect.