If it had and answer, it wouldn't really be love, would it?

While it is always possible to wake a person who's sleeping, no amount of noise will wake a person who is pretending to be asleep.

One of the greatest opportunities to live our values-or betray them-lies in the food we put on our plates.

Everyone is always in need of something that another person can give, be it undivided attention, a kind word or deep empathy. There is no better use of a life than to be attentive to such needs.

...accepting the compromise of the way we have been, the way we are, and the way we will likely be...may we live together in unwavering love and good health, amen.

Kids are a great analogy. You want your kids to grow up, and you don't want your kids to grow up. You want your kids to become independent of you, but it's also a parent's worst nightmare: That they won't need you. It's like the real tragedy of parenting.

Books are slow, books are quiet. The Internet is fast and loud.