I value humor, kindness, and the ability to tell a good story far more than money, status, or the kind of car someone drives.

As a writer, I am not goddess of the universes I create. I am at most a stage manager of the plentiful gifts which tumble out of the horn of plenty, which is to say there is a source so sweet and forgiving and generous that I pray every day to let that source be my guide.

Life is short but it is wide. This too shall pass.

Friends are supposed to act like harbor boats-let you know if you're off course. But it ain't always possible.

I believe that illness has led me to a life of gratitude, so I consider Lyme disease at this point in my life to be a blessing in disguise.

At the beauty of what she had stumbled onto, at the fear that something terrible would happen because she was not vigilant enough. She cried at the fear of something so good that she would not be brave enough to bear it.

Can you reclaim that free-girl smile, or is it like virginity- once you loose it, that's it?