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

The at-home mother's life: it was a race with no finish line.

Do you love him?" How would I know?" You'd know.

Sometimes being a good friend means saying nothing.

The heat made people crazy. They woke from their damp bedsheets and went in search of a glass of water, surprised to find that when their vision cleared, they were holding instead the gun they kept hidden in the bookcase.

You couldn't give up you for them. But what if you wanted them more than you wanted a singular powerful you?

Nobody's strong enough to be a parent. We just do it, blindly, going forward on faith and love and hope. That's all it is...Being afraid...and going on.