I come from a family where gravy is considered a beverage.

Friends are "annuals" that need seasonal nurturing to bear blossoms. Family is a "perennial" that comes up year after year, enduring the droughts of absence and neglect. There's a place in the garden for both of them.

Youngsters of the age of two and three are endowed with extraordinary strength. They can lift a dog twice their own weight and dump him into the bathtub.

It takes a lot of courage to show your dreams to someone else.

All of a sudden, I feel very old and very tired. Maybe when I get to California, the smog, brush fires, floods, and earthquakes will cheer me up.

Never underestimate what it takes to watch someone you love in pain.

My son did not show signs of a money deficiency until he opened his small fist in the nursery and found it was empty.