I can't imagine anything that would signal more clearly that life goes on and joy can follow tragedy than your having a much wanted child.

You can't get a guarantee from everyone who appears in personal photographs that they will forever remain warm presences in one's life or sweet memories.

I have people close to me who ask my advice just as I ask theirs.

I think the definition of someone who's still a swinger is a person who remains signed up on swinger websites because they're "humorous." If you'd been married to an alcoholic and found yourself dating someone whose couch cushions were stuffed with empty bottles, you might conclude you're part of the problem and are attracted to men who are going to keep making you miserable in the same oh-so-familiar way. I think you should look to date someone for whom the idea of a swinger website makes him want to slather himself in sanitizing gel.

Sometimes people back themselves into corners where they think they have to make kind of an engraved-in-stone decision.

An alcoholic 47-year-old woman with teenagers who thinks a guy in his mid-20s is a good prospect as a partner definitely has some judgment and character flaws.

I can't imagine anything that would signal more clearly that life goes on and joy can follow tragedy than your having a much wanted child.