The phrase "having it all" has little to do with having what we want.

The author observes the shift now that children are not a source of labor for the family, that they have gone from employees of the parents to the bosses of the parents.

Even when our children are still young and defenseless, we feel intimations of their departure. We find ourselves staring at them with nostalgia, wistful for the person they're about to no longer be.

You don't have a good story until something deviates from the expected, " says McAdams. "And raising children leads to some pretty unexpected happenings.

What makes a mother? Looking at your child and identifying emotion

Vocabulary for aggravation is large. Vocabulary for transcendence is elusive.

The 20th century, the author observes, fostered the idea that fulfillment is possible on Earth.

Your children are going through life with their eyes closed, so YOU'RE the one who has to steer.

Children live life as a controlled experiment.

Couples with children may argue more, the author suggests, because children are a reminder of just how crucial our choices are.

I don't pray really, because I don't want to bore God.

I am a religious person, although I am not a believer.

Q: When is the perfect time? A: Who can say, but probably somewhere between haste and delay - and it's usually most wise to start today.

Ain’t nothing too serious. Even death is a joke on the old devil, if we are living for the Lord.

Man is nature's sole mistake.

Variation must be taken as random until there is positive evidence to the contrary.

Burn brightly without burning out. Throw your heart over the fense and the rest will follow. Keep your face to the sunshine and you wont see the shadows

The faithful will know that every tear today will eventually be returned a hundredfold with tears of rejoicing and gratitude.

I have faith in the market when we get the rules right.

If you died it would be like my bones had been removed. No one would know why, but I would collapse.