Today's Parenting Tip: Treat a difficult child the way you would your boss at work. Praise his achievements, ignore his tantrums and resist the urge to sit him down and explain to him how his brain is not yet fully developed.

The thing about family disasters is that you never have to wait long before the next one puts the previous one into perspective.

What is the fire in our belly but the eternal flame of a thousand ancestors.

What a snapshot is to your life, your life is to eternity, so wouldn't it be nice if eternity captured you smiling?

Always carry with you a little reasonable doubt, should you meet someone who needs to be found innocent.

What you discover about people you try not to offend is that you can offend them without trying.

Do what you must, And your friends will adjust.