I think all mothers are alike, regardless of cultural background, when it comes to illogical cleaning.

That's what law is: educated guesses at right and wrong.

Mental illness is by far the most misunderstood, and stigmatized, of all afflictions. Statistically, one in three families in the U.S. deals with mental illness, and yet it's rarely discussed in the open. It's time for that to change.

What he's really saying is: Please be a human being. With a life so full of rules and regiments, it's so easy to forget that's what they are. She knows—she sees—how often compassion takes a back seat to expediency.

Milestone! This is a momentous occasion," he tells her cheerily. "It should be witnessed by a friend." She throws him an icy gaze, and he does a verbal back pedal. "Aaaand since no friends are present, I'll have to do.

Getting to know someone in blind darkness changes your impression of them.

think of it this way," he said "It took nine months to get you born, so doesn't it figure it would take nine months to get you dead?