Everything always gets crazy at the end. You just have to keep going, regardless of how awful it gets. So that's what I do.

I just have to be super strong when it comes to my work time. Shut the browser, ignore the email alerts, and just WRITE.

If you have just one person believe in you, you'll always find your way

I wasn't sure what I expected her to do or say to this. It was all new to me from that second on. But clearly, she'd been there before. It was obvious in the easy way she shrugged off her bag, letting it fall with a thump onto the sand, before sitting down beside me. She didn't pull me close for a big bonding hug or offer up some saccharine words of comfort, both of which would have sent me running for sure. Instead she gave me nothing but her company, realizing even before I did this that this, in fact, was just what I needed.

If things don't work out the way you want, hold your head up high and be proud. And try again. And again. And again!

Change is inevitable, though," he replied. "As is disappointment. Best to get used to it now.

I was so thrilled that I was having a girl, because I just am so girly myself, but I think the teenage years are going to be very interesting.