She was developing what Mom called a bit of a sarcastic streak.

People are like animals. Some are happiest penned in, some need to roam free. You go to recognize what's in her nature and accept it.

What I do know is that wondering why you survived don't help you survive.

You can't cling to the side your whole life, that one lesson every parent needs to teach a child is "If you don't want to sink, you better figure out how to swim

When someone's wounded, the first order of business is to stop the bleeding. You can figure out later how best to help them heal.

No child is born a delinquent. They only became that way if nobody loved them when they were kids. Unloved children grow up to be serial murderers or alcoholics.

Don't you make fun of me or my children! Some babies are premature. Mine were all postmature. That's why they're so smart. Their brains had longer to develop.