The secret to success, to parenting, to life, is to not count up the cost. Don't focus on all the steps it will take. Don't stare into the abyss at the giant leap it will take. That view will keep you from taking the next small step.

Cancer is messy and scary. You throw everything at it, but don't forget to throw love at it. It turns out that might be the best weapon of all.

Baking happens with ingredients that last for months and come to life inside a warm oven. Baking is slow and leisurely.

Family is more than DNA, more than who we used to be, more than we can imagine we will become.

If we threw our problems in a pile and saw everyone else's, we'd grab ours back.

When you write a book, you are asking someone to make an investment in their time and money. A column can come and go as the weeks pass, but a book needs to be timeless.

Your children get only one childhood.