I'm astonished by my success.

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.

Maybe some people just aren't meant to be in our lives forever. Maybe some people are just passing through.

Love meant something to her, she dreamt of it, thought of it, wrote of it. It was the one thing in life that had eluded her completely.

But even she had figured out that there was no point giving up a great job and following him to the ends of the earth, when he simply refused to make any promises about, or even discuss, the future.

Some things in life are worth waiting for.

My kids are more precious to me than anything. I'm with them all day, and I write all night.