Sweetened ice tea is one of the things I love about the South, right up there with homemade biscuits and cheese grits.

But I have learned that you can't just create your own timetable and will it to come true.

I think it's important to try to be present with whatever it is you're doing. And if you can't be present, take a break.

People generally didn't cheat in good relationships.

A son is a son 'til he gets a wife, but a daughter is a daughter all her life.

I think I hoped for something more. Maybe I even hoped that I could find in Richard what I had with Ben. But it is suddenly very clear: Richard is not fallin in love with me and I'm not falling in love with Richard. We are not creating anything permanent or special. We are only having fun together. It is a fling- a fling just like he said last night- a fling with an ending yet to be determined. I feel relieved to have it defined

Often I feel that projects overwhelm us when we look at how many hours are involved until completion. But just getting started is usually not that difficult.