Sometimes we find ourselves walking through life blindfolded, and we try to deny that we're the ones who securely tied the knot.

There are just as many stories to be told in the dark spots s there are in the bright ones.

In my previous life I was a civil attorney. At one point I truly believed that was what I wanted to be- but that was before I'd been handed a fistful of crushed violets from a toddler. Before I understood that the smile of a child is a tattoo: indelible art.

Q: How would you like your eggs in the morning? A: Unfertilized

Writing is grunt work - you need to have self-motivation, perseverance, and faith... talent is the smallest part of it.

Or. I hate that word. It’s two letters long and stuffed to the gills with reasonable doubt.

Like the teens I worked with, I understood the need for miracles--they kept reality from paralyzing you