I know my own deficiencies, one of which is that I had lived away from America for such a long time. It's called expatriate

Instead of seeing depression as a dysfunction, it is a functioning phenomenon. It stops you cold, sets you down, makes you damn miserable.

Calling can refer not only to ways of doing - meaning work - but also to ways of being.

I am not caused by my history-my parents, my childhood and development. These are mirrors in which I may catch glimpses of my image.

The moment the angel enters a life it enters an environment. We are ecological from day one.

It's not enough just to be a mother. It's not only the social pressure on mothers by certain kinds of feminism and other sources. There is also economic pressure on them.

Suppose that throughout your childhood you were good with numbers. Other kids used to copy your homework. You figured store discounts faster than your parents. People came to you for help with such things. So you took accounting and eventually became a tax auditor for the IRS. What an embarrassing job, right? You feel you should be writing poetry or doing aviation mechanics or whatever. But then you realize that tax collecting can be a calling too.