All of us have moments in our lives that test our courage. Taking children into a house with a white carpet is one of them.

I have a friend who lives by a three-word philosophy: Seize the Moment. Just possibly, she may be the wisest woman on this planet.

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

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

After age twelve, birthdays should be as private as hernia surgery.

Grandmas can shed the yoke of responsibility, relax and enjoy their grandchildren in a way that was not possible when they were raising their own children. And they can glow in the realisation that here is their seed of life that will harvest generations to come.

House guests should be regarded as perishables: Leave them out too long and they go bad.