Nina knew the power of black and white images. Sometimes a thing was its truest self when the colors were stripped away.

At one point, she'd wanted to hurl the whole breakfast at the wall. And then she'd remember why it was that men had temper tantrums and women didn't: cleanup.

When you get . . . to the end, you see that love and family are all there is. Nothing else matters.

Nina knew the power of black and white images. Sometimes a thing was its truest self when the colors were stripped away.

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

It's not a date. I bought my own drink and I didn't shave my legs.

Marriages go through hard times. Sometimes you have to get in there and fight for your love. That's the only way for it to get better.