It's not only children who grow. Parents do too.

I have long observed that the act of writing is viewed, by some, as an elite and otherworldly act, all the more so if a person isn't paid for what she writes.

Before I had children I always wondered whether their births would be, for me, like the ultimate in gym class failures. And I discovered instead... that I'd finally found my sport.

Every child, woman, and man should possess license to speak or sing in his or her true voice.

A good home must be made, not bought. In the end, it's not track lighting or a sun room that brings light into a kitchen.

The portrait of my parents is a complicated one, but lovingly drawn.

No, I said. I didn't remember that. There was so much to remember, sometimes the best thing was to forget.