Motherhood isn't just a series of contractions; it's a state of mind. From the moment we know life is inside us, we feel a responsibility to protect and defend that human being.

I hated skiing or any other sport where there was an ambulance waiting at the bottom of the hill.

Most women put off entertaining until the kids are grown.

Any mother with half a skull knows that when Daddy's little boy becomes Mommy's little boy, the kid is so wet he's treading water.

If I had my life to live over I would have burned the pink candle sculpted like a rose before it melted in storage.

Our teen-agers withdrew to their bedrooms on their thirteenth birthday and didn't show themselves to us again until it was time to get married.

Housework, if you do it right, will kill you.