When you leave them in the morning, they stick their nose in the door crack and stand there like a portrait until you turn the key eight hours later.

It's the three pairs of eyes that mothers have to have...One pair that see through closed doors. Another in the back of her head...and, of course, the ones in front that can look at a child when he goofs up and reflect 'I understand and I love you' without so much as uttering a word.

Some of the best fiction writers got their start writing airline menus.

Adults are always telling young people, 'These are the best years of your life.' Are they? I don't know. Sometimes when adults say this to children I look into their faces. They look like someone on the top seat of the Ferris wheel who has had too much cotton candy and barbecue. They'd like to get off and be sick but everyone keeps telling them what a good time they're having.

It is fast approaching the point where I don't want tAdenauer to want the job.

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

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