We have all come from a woman in some fashion.

I've spent many hours of my life browsing in stores. At 21, I admired clothes I couldn't afford. At 30, I bought them. At 40, I sometimes go simply for the pleasure, of seeing what is new, of learning what counts as beautiful now.

If writing really is empathy, then understanding your place in society might actually help you achieve it.

Summer is meant to be for travel, for exploration, for leisure, but sometimes budgets and schedules dictate otherwise.

But I feel truly wowed by the architecture and the meaning of the architecture if you get lost in it and think about the man hours in the smallest little chapel, and the love involved. God it's fantastic.

At the end of the day, I'd love to see children stop begging their parents to go to the circus. That's what would make me most happy.

My unhealthy affection for my second daughter has waned. Now I despise all my seven children equally.

As parents, we teach our kids about things we feel competent in. That's why so many parents don't teach their kids about money.