But I think half the battle is figuring out what works for you, and I am much better at being a mother than I ever would have been as a lawyer. I sometimes wonder if it is just me, or if there are other women who figure out where they are supposed to be by going nowhere." - My Sister's Keeper

If his voice hasn't been the melody of my life, it's been the bass line, so subtle you don't notice it until it's missing.

You okay in there?" "No, I'm hanging from a closet rod.

Once, I asked my mom why stars shine. She said they were night-lights, so the angels could find their way around in Heaven. But when I asked my dad, he started talking about gas, and somehow I put it all together and figured that the food God served caused multiple trips to the bathroom in the middle of the night.

You know, he told me once, completely exasperated, you've got one glass of water inside your head, with all the tears for a lifetime. If you waste them over nothing, then you won't be able to cry for real when you need to.

I personally subscribe to the belief that normal is just a setting on the dryer.

Being a good mother, it seemed to me, meant you ran the risk of losing your child.