Children are pretty darn smart and capable if we give them space and structure to grow.
I consider myself a B-minus mom. I think I would be considered an A-plus dad.
I allow myself to feel fear without always capitulating to it... You don't have to live your life by fear.
We're really doing children a disservice when we underestimate what they're capable of.
It is impossible to make it a crime to take your eyes off your children without also making it a crime to be poor.
I had never intended to be a stay-at-home-mom.
My husband and I both attended public schools. We believe in the benefits, both individual and communal, of supporting public schools.
I got an MFA in fiction.
I worked as a restaurant hostess and tutored English-as-a-second-language without a formal work visa.
Sometimes we do things not because they're fun but because they're important.
I struggled with math and had no interest in sports.
Lke so many depressive, creative, extremely lazy high-school students, I was saved by English class.
I don't know that I want to live in a world without cheese.
A slice of perfectly buttered, warm-from-the-oven bread has been known to bring tears to my eyes.
I have a profound and unshakable love of good eating.
I wonder if all love affairs, all marriages, all lifelong partnerships, aren't in some ways a turning away from the world.
