An enlightened person raises the level of the consciousness of the entire community.

One of the earliest religious disappointments in a young girl's life devolves upon her unanswered prayer for a horse.

It does not matter whether one is at the giving or receiving end of love just as long as one is part of the process in some way. It is only when we become disconnected from the process altogether that we should begin to worry.

We should all have one person who knows how to bless us despite the evidence, Grandmother was that person to me.

Rearing three children is like growing a cactus, a gardenia, and a tubful of impatiens. Each needs varying amounts of water, sunlight and pruning. Were I to be absolutely fair, I would have to treat each child as if he or she were absolutely identical to the other siblings, and there would be no profit for anyone in that.

I think this is what hooks one to gardening: it is the closest one can come to being present at creation.

one of my earliest joys as a parent lay in knowing that at the end of the day I had once again ushered three babies back to their beds, against the odds, unscathed and peaceful. Happiness was a houseful of safe, inert bodies. Actually, it still is.