'Families are about love overcoming emotional torture.'

“No it's not. It's a big hot!” At 2 years old. After being warned that the car seat was a little hot.

'Dank Dank' (Reflecting his inability to accept compliments for several years.)

'A duck!... A baby duck.' (Squealing about a birthday card on her third birthday on Puerta Vallarta, Mexico.

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.