Families aren't easy to join. They're like an exclusive country club where membership makes impossible demands and the dues for an outsider are exorbitant.

There is only one thing harder in this world than forgiving. It's to ask forgiveness armed only with, 'I'm sorry'.

I got so much food spit back in my face when my kids were small, I put windshield wipers on my glasses.

Somewhere it is written that parents who are critical of other people's children and publicly admit they can do better are asking for it.

Kids need love the most when they're acting most unlovable.

One meal a day is enough for a lion and would be for all of us if all we did all day was swat flies.

If I had my life to live over again, I would have waxed less and listened more. ... I would have cried and laughed less while watching television ... and more while watching real life. ... But mostly, given another shot at life, I would seize every minute of it ... look at it and really see it ... try it on ... live it ... exhaust it ... and never give the minute back until there was nothing left of it.