there is probably no such thing as an innocent question, at least not when a parent is doing the asking.

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.

there is probably no such thing as an innocent question, at least not when a parent is doing the asking.

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

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.

To envy is to draw circles that isolate us from others, to take small, bitter trips that diminish the traveler.

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