Of course you can fall in love. You just have to let yourself. They don't call it falling for nothing. -Kate

As mothers and daughters, we are connected with one another. My mother is the bones of my spine, keeping me straight and true. She is my blood, making sure it runs rich and strong. She is the beating of my heart. I cannot now imagine a life without her.

I know about forgiving people and loving them anyway, even after they hurt you.

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

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

The measure of a man comes down to moments, spread out like dots of pain on the canvas on life. Everything you were, everything you'll someday be, resides in the small, seemingly ordinary choices of everyday life.....Each decision seems as insignificant as a left turn on an unfamiliar road when you have no destination in mind. But the decisions accumulate until you realize one day that they've made you the man that you are.

It's not intentions that matter. It's actions. We are what we do and say, not what we intend to.