There are times when parenthood seems nothing more than feeding the hand that bites you.

The bonds of matrimony are like any other bonds - they mature slowly.

All couples must bear the strain of getting acquainted, having been, up to then, merely intimate.

We know the human brain is a device to keep the ears from grating on one another.

You can make a sordid thing sound like a brilliant drawing-room comedy. Probably a fear we have of facing up to the real issues. Could you say we were guilty of Noel Cowardice?

I can still hear my mother wailing over some new kitchen crisis, "Oh God," and my father answering cozily from the silo, "Were you calling me, dear?

A suburban mother's role is to deliver children obstetrically once, and by car forever after.