If I had my life to live over, instead of wishing away nine months of pregnancy, I'd have cherished ever moment and realized that the wonderment growing inside me was the only chance in life to assist God in a miracle.

Family life got better and we got our car back - as soon as we put 'I love Mom' on the license plate.

Before we sent kids to computer camps and told them they were having a good time, there was imagination among the human species.

Never loan your car to anyone to whom you've given birth.

When mothers talk about the depression of the empty nest, they're not mourning the passing of all those wet towels on the floor, or the music that numbs your teeth, or even the bottle of capless shampoo dribbling down the shower drain. They're upset because they've gone from supervisor of a child's life to a spectator. It's like being the vice president of the United States.

As a child, my number one best friend was the librarian in my grade school. I actually believed all those books belonged to her.

There would have been more 'I love you's' and more, 'I'm sorry's'.