We must not inflict life on children who will be resented; we must not inflict unwanted children on society.
Anne Lamott
I like to read away as much of the afternoon as possible, until real life rears its ugly head.
I am the woman I grew to be partly in spite of my mother, and partly because of the extraordinary love of her best friends, and my own best... →
Some people seem to understand this - that life and change take time - but I am not one of those people.
I spent my whole life helping my mother carry around her psychic trunks like a bitter bellhop. So a great load was lifted when she died, and my life... →
Mothering has been the richest experience of my life, but I am still opposed to Mother's Day. It perpetuates the dangerous idea that all parents... →
The women's movement burst forth when I was fifteen. That was when I began to believe that life might semi-work out after all. The cavalry had... →
If you asked me, parents were supposed to affect the life of their child in such a way that the child grows up to be responsible, able to participate... →
Presents can make up for some of the disappointments that life doles out, such as it makes almost no sense and is coming to an end more quickly than... →
I'm a very private person, and you have a lot of people looking into your personal life, away from football. That's the one thing that I... →
Frank Lampard