Keep writing. Keep doing it and doing it. Even in the moments when it's so hurtful to think about writing.

This is part of the essence of motherhood, watching your kid grow into her own person and not being able to do anything about it. Otherwise children would be nothing more than pets.

That’s sort of a cliché about parents. We all believe that our children are the most beautiful children in the world. But the thing is, what no one really talks about is the fact that we all really believe it.

There are certain sacred things in my life that I would never talk about. Because they are clear in my head, I can walk freely around the opposite side. I keep them completely separate in my mind.

People think they have the right to judge everything that I do.

I usually approach things with the idea that I will take something out of everything I do.