For the moment, my life is a little schizophrenic.

Who doesn't need hope in their lives: hope that something can change, that someone cares, that not only bad things happen unexpectedly but good things can happen to us too?

I move between San Francisco and Paris... I have a wonderful beach house in California.

...there were no guarantees in life, only promises and whispers.

Not all forms of abuse leave bruises.

I am endlessly busy, bringing up five young kids, and trying to keep up with the three older ones. I still spend most of my life driving car pools.

No man can take your freedom from you. They can limit your mobility, but that's about all they can do