Remember, you cannot be responsible for the happiness of other people. You can do your best to be sensitive to the needs and desires of others, but some people will not be happy no matter how much you do for them. If you decided you were responsible for their happiness, you could drive yourself completely up the nearest wall.

Moms are, in my opinion, the wonders of the universe. They can leap tall buildings in a single bound, they can go where no person has gone before, and they can somehow get toddlers to eat. The problem is that mothers are also some of the most stressed people on the planet. There's just so much to do and not enough of them.

The problem with guilt is that it cements you to the past.

That's the way it is with firstborns. Mom and Dad may think they're in charge, but the firstborn knows better, and so does the youngest sibling.

A fulfilling sex life is one of the most powerful marital glues a couple can have.

The only way we can ever teach a child to say "I'm sorry" is for him to hear it from our lips first.

Sex is all that it can and should be only when it is surrounded by and wrapped in love.