Being a parent is not for the faint of heart. I may joke about knowing fear, but the fact is, the first time I ever knew real fear was the day Charlotte, my first child, was born. Suddenly there is someone in the world you care about more than anything.

I like to go out and write. So I'll often go to a Starbucks or a local coffee bar, and I'll sit there and I'll write. I can write pretty much anywhere.

...desperation can toy with you and if you give desperation any wiggle room, it will find alternative answers

Being a parent is not for the faint of heart. I may joke about knowing fear, but the fact is, the first time I ever knew real fear was the day Charlotte, my first child, was born. Suddenly there is someone in the world you care about more than anything.

Hope is cruel. Hope reminds me of what almost was. Hope makes the physical ache return.

Amazing what we can self-rationalize when we really want something

You bring your own weather to the picnic.