I know how difficult it can be when the image you've had of something doesn't match its reality; when the friend beside you turns into a monster.

See, as much as you want to hold on to the bitter sore memory that someone has left this world, you are still in it

You don't make a friend," Jacob said with a scowl. "It's not like they come with directions like you'd find on a box of macaroni and cheese.

So much of marriage was implicit and nonverbal. Had I gotten so complacent I'd forgotten to communicate?

There is a curious thing that happens with the passage of time: a calcification of character... Change isn't always for the worst; the shell that forms around a piece of sand looks to some people like an irritation, and to others, like a pearl.

I started writing when I had three kids under the age of 4. I used to write every ten minutes I got to sit in front of a computer. Now, when I have more time, I function the same way: if it's writing time, I write.

Many trees have died so that the Catholic Church can preach against homosexuality.