Nobody has ever before asked the nuclear family to live all by itself in a box the way we do. With no relatives, no support, we've put us in an impossible situation.

'Divorce is when mommy and daddy yell at each other then they spread apart. Then they put up a 'for sale' sign in front of the house and they spread farther and farther apart until they can't come back ever again and it's very sad.' (teaching her 4-year old brother)

“If all the people in the world were nice could we just get rid of the word mean?”

All I am, or can be, I owe to my angel mother.

“I wasn't yawning, I was just letting some fresh air into my mouth.” (After being accused of being tired.)