If you think a caregiver has an active substance abuse problem, that person should never be entrusted with your child.

I've never gotten a letter where I thought I knew the person. But I have heard from people who think they know the letter writer.

I understand polyamory is different from polygamy, and doesn't share the latter's rigid and noxious views that men run the show and are the only ones allowed multiple partners.

Sometimes people have a wild past because they have an essentially wild nature, and that's how they plan to go through life. Sometimes such people settle into happy monogamy, and can be content there because they never have to wonder, "What did I miss?"

Accept the fact that life presents us with opportunities to find more than one "one", and that you have learned a mighty life lesson when the next one comes along.

When you have a life milestone happen, it's good to step back and reassess the things you thought you knew about yourself.

When you expand the definition of marriage beyond one man and one woman, society can expect other consenting adults in other configurations to say that their choices deserve recognition.