They get to be family after a year when you travel with them all the time. Actually, you're a surrogate mother for a year, an adviser and companion.

Alyssa obviously had a terrible reaction. She's very fair-skinned. I'm sure that was part of it.

She's now in a step-down unit. She's still in intense pain.

Men don't get smarter when they grow older. They just lose their hair.

I bet you think an egg is something you casually order for breakfast when you can't think of anything else. Well, so did I once, but that was before the egg and I.

You live for yourself. There is more time for family and friends and the chance to travel. I can take off when I want and I don't need anyone's permission.