It's so much easier to count our disadvantages than tot up the mitigating circumstances that generally outweigh the despair.

Too often we forget that an ideal partner is someone who enhances an already full existence.

Having lived a full and stimulating life before I had my kids, I've relished every minute I've had to spend with them and felt a degree of confidence in dealing with their trials and tribulations to date.

With longer life spans and better health and education, many feel that giving birth to a baby a mere couple of decades after they themselves were in the cradle is a little premature.

Far too many girls' and women's romantic relationships are formed around a negation of their own worth and attributes rather than a confirmation of them.

Life is rife with frustrations, jealousies and, on occasion, an overwhelming sense of its injustices, but it's a big mistake to let such negative sentiments rule our lives and dictate choices.

I was told that when you hit forty men stop looking at you. It's true, until you slip on a mini-skirt.