That's the risk you take if you change: that people you've been involved with won't like the new you. But other people who do will come along.

Any mother could perform the jobs of several air-traffic controllers with ease.

Just as you began to feel that you could make good use of time, there was no time left to you.

successful parenting was like log rolling, and she'd often landed in the drink.

A snake will always be a snake, even if you put a chain around its neck and try to make it walk upright.

One didn't issue instructions to comets. Grown children did what they had to do, and parents could only grit their teeth and watch and pray for them to get through it.

The only obvious advantage to being an adult is that you can eat your dessert without haying sampled the vegetables.