“Judge me if you must, but keep in mind how very little pleasure I could have possibly derived from a one-thrust sex session, a quickie in a closet, and a come-free drunken hookup. If anything, you ...”

“Lesson learned: If a guy tells you youre his second choice, dont make him your first.”

“Lesson learned: Dont ever put a guy up on a pedestal. Its too easy for him to tip over and fall off.”

“In an attempt to help me move on from my failed marriage, my mom set me up with Jesus Freak. In fact, the stoner hadnt even finished moving out when she told me not to worry, because she already ha...”

“The Lush hadnt driven in almost a decade - ever since she got in an accident that shook her so badly she refused to get behind the wheel. As you can imagine, someone nicknamed The Lush wouldnt make...”

“To me, the words food and guilt didnt belong in the same sentence unless, say, you were referring to how you felt about the starving children in Africa.”

“Understanding the Way of Story as a sacred pattern and a living event. Story can reveal a spiritual path and or the way to healing. Stories become the foundation of health, peacebuilding and vision...”

“Stories nurture our connection to place and to each other. They show us where we have been and where we can go. They remind us of how to be human, how to live alongside the other lives that animate...”

“One afternoon as I just gazed at the topmost branches of those immensely tall trees I began to notice that the uppermost twigs and leaves were lyrical happy dancers glad that they had been apportio...”