I'm planning to give up worrying. I want to, but I'm worried I won't be able to.

writing is how I understand everything that happens. Writing is the only way I know to move on.

if you are a stepparent, rush right out and get yourself a dog. Because it's very nice to have someone in the house that loves you.

As for superpower: I wish I could eat a million pastries and not gain weight. I wish I were Pastry Woman.

In your standard-issue family, of which few remain, but on which our expectations are still based, there are parents and there are children. The way you know which are which, aside from certain size and age differences and despite any behavior similarities, is that the parents are the bossy ones.

Your basic extended family today includes your ex-husband or -wife, your ex's new mate, your new mate, possibly your new mate's ex and any new mate that your new mate's ex has acquired.

I have one rule I live by: Only do what you can do. That neans you're never looking outside for what's popular; you're always looking inside for what's true.