“We all have an inner voice, our personal whisper from the universe. All we have to do is listen -- feel and sense it with an open heart. Sometimes it whispers of intuition or precognition. Other ti...”

“A writer's goal is to weave the ordinary into fine silk and the truly extraordinary into diaphanous clarity ...”

“We writers are a crazy group. I can't think of any other profession where the actual work is deep within, uncomfortable, and wanting out.”

“May you always see the world through the eyes of a child.”

“When writing for children, it's important to keep in touch with our own inner child. What frightened them, made them happy, made them sad or angry?”

“A writer learns that easy to read is hard to write ...”

“A DEFINITION NOT FOUND IN THE DICTIONARY Not leaving: an act of trust and love,often deciphered by children”

“The ideal-worker standard and norm of work devotion push mothers to the margins of economic life. And a society that marginalizes its mothers impoverishes its children. That is why the paradigmatic...”

“When God Created Mothers"When the Good Lord was creating mothers, He was into His sixth day of "overtime" when the angel appeared and said. "You're doing a lot of fiddling around on this one." And ...”

“I feel like every project I work on is a dream project, so long as I am learning.”

“Love, too, has to be learned.”

“Every pain is a lesson.”