In the English language there are orphans and widows, but there is no word for the parents who loses a child.

Lie to yourself until it's true.

The problem was , you never heard anyone say,"wow, check out the brain on that babe.

When she smiles, it feels like the first warm day of March-- after an eternity of snow, when you suddenly remember how summer feels on the backs of your bare calves & in the part of your hair.

Rest easy, real mothers. The very fact that you worry about being a good mom means that you already are one.

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.

That's what happens to dreams, life gets in the way.