I don't remember who said this, but there really are places in the heart you don't even know exist until you love a child.

One thing I know for sure about raising children is that every single day a kid needs discipline.... But also every single day a kid needs a break.

It is a violation of trust to use your kids as caulking for the cracks in you.

It's so awful, attacking your child. It's the worse thing I know, to shout loudly at this 50 lb. being with his huge trusting brown eyes. It's like bitch-slapping E.T.

When we did art with the kids, the demons would lie down.

Every woman's path is difficult, and many mothers were as equipped to raise children as wire monkey mothers. I say that without judgment: It is, sadly, true. An unhealthy mother's love is withering.