He is a man, and he is afraid. This is not a good combination.

A daughter without her mother is a woman broken. It is a loss that turns to arthritis and settles deep into her bones.

We women. as glue for the family. lead lives that are important and conflicted. What we women choose to give up for our families is important and valid.

Sometimes you simply made the wrong choice and you had to live with it. You could only change the future.

Whenever I write about motherhood - and I write about it a lot - I am drawing on my experiences as a mother and also my experiences as a daughter.

It isn’t about being at the same school or the same town or even the same room. It’s about being together. Love is a choice you make.

What I know now about life is this: your mother is a part of everything you do and everything you are.