As for breaking up, once the relationship is over, you never really know what went wrong; you just feel nauseous whenever the subject comes to mind. After a plane crash there's the black box that tells the FAA what caused the crack-up. Too bad there's no black box of relationships.

A basic rule of baking is that, in general, it's almost impossible to make an inedible batch of brownies.

My sister taught me everything I really need to know, and she was only in sixth grade at the time.

I discovered, quite early in motherhood, that the longest and most painful deliveries occur when you give birth to stepchildren.

I wasn't very good about the pain. I started screaming for painkillers after the third contraction and didn't stop until my daughter was eating solid food.

Changing schools and friends is hard on children and can often make them desperate and lonely enough to form closer ties with a sibling.

More than Santa Claus, your sister knows when you've been bad and good.