I have always felt that too much time was given before the birth, which is spent learning things like how to breathe in and out with your husband (I had my baby when they gave you a shot in the hip and you didn't wake up until the kid was ready to start school), and not enough time given to how to mother after the baby is born.

My idea of housework is to sweep the room with a glance.

I remember thinking how often we look, but never see ... we listen, but never hear ... we exist, but never feel. We take our relationships for granted. A house is only a place. It has no life of its own. It needs human voices, activity and laughter to come alive.

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

My mind works . . . two boobs never get me a job.

There's nothing sadder in this world than to awake Christmas morning and not be a child.

Parenting is a negative thing. Keep your children from killing themselves, or anyone else, and hope for the best.