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.

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

There is something fantastic about getting divorced. Everyone should do it to experience the extraordinary sense of freedom after being in marriage jail.

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.

Clothes have special power. I'll always remember the raspberry colored v-necked silk sweater I was wearing on my husband and my first date. If I hadn't been wearing that sweater that night, would any of it have happened?

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

Preparing for the worst is an activity I have taken up since I turned thirty-five, and the worst actually began to happen.