Parents are always more knowledgeable than their children, and children are always smarter than their parents.

Thanksgiving is the holiday that encompasses all others. All of them, from Martin Luther King Day to Arbor Day to Christmas to Valentine's Day, are in one way or another about being thankful.

I'm less worried about accomplishment - as younger people always can't help but be - and more concerned with spending my time well, spending time with my family, and reading, learning things.

Which, then, brings us closer to what we want to communicate: saying what we intend, or trying to say the opposite?

Stories about food are stories about us-our history and our values.

When I looked at you, my life made sense. Even the bad things made sense. They were necessary to make you possible.

I am doing something I hate for you. This is what it means to be in love.