Feeling gratitude and not expressing it is like wrapping a present and not giving it. – William Arthur Ward

Having children makes you no more a parent than having a piano makes you a pianist. -Michael Levine Driving home from a long day at work, I was imagining the blissful greeting from my beloved children. But the actual scene I came home to was a different story. Sienna, my 9-month-old, was crying. When I picked her up, instead of gurgling a happy hello, she baptized me in the carrot puree shed had for dinner. Alessio, my 2-year-old, tried to snatch Sienna away so that he could squiggle into my arms. Sienna down! he demanded.

“Don’t read beauty magazines. . . they will only make you feel ugly.” ~Kurt Vonnegut Almost every woman I know has self-esteem issues, especially when it comes to their bodies.

All you need in the world is love and laughter. That’s all anybody needs. To have love in one hand and laughter in the other. – August Wilson