All mothers have intuition. The great ones have radar.

Food ... love ... mother ... career ... Live every day to the fullest. Partake of the four basic guilt groups.

Wake me up when I'm a size 5.

This is a business meal. The calories do not count. I am mentally labeling these as 'business calories' so my body will know they were eaten in the line of duty and will process them differently.

A young bride can put on makeup at 6 in the morning and look fabulous at midnight. I have about a 15-minute window where I actually look good, and then I have to wash my face and start over.

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.

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