Because you want to keep an air of calm and cool.

I've met people who are baffled by children, as though they were never children themselves.

To grow up with the loss of your mother is a scar that never goes away.

There are days when I wonder why my mom couldn't be here to see this.

I get anxious. That lovely Jewish guilt that comes with ancestry.

To have your childhood dream realized is a really big deal.

If my time with my kids is shorter than it was yesterday, it's better than nothing.