You bring your own weather to the picnic.

"So basically, that entire theory is blown to hell."Not basically," Win corrected. "Entirely."

...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.

When I was seventeen, I worked as a counsellor at a co-ed sleep-away camp for eight weeks. I loved it but it could be harrowing - it was far too much responsibility for someone my age.

Summer romances cometo an end. That was part of the deal. They are built like certain plants or insects, not able to survive more than one season. I thought we would be different. We were, I guess, but not in the way I thought. I truly believed that we would never let each other go. The young are so dumb.

I once worked as a tour guide in the Costa del Sol of Spain.