You can’t move ahead until you bury the past.
Motherhood is not for the faint-hearted. Frogs, skinned knees, and the insults of teenage girls are not meant for the wimpy.
I’m astonished by my success.
She didn’t want to let go of him, or the baby, but sometimes life made you give up what you loved most.
You’d be surprised how fast things happen when the right man comes along.
Long-distance relationships are another way of avoiding intimacy.
And the worst thing she had heard were the words he hadn’t said, the fact that he hadn’t loved her.
People do strange things sometimes, when they feel hopeless.
Love meant something to her, she dreamt of it, thought of it, wrote of it. It was the one thing in life that had eluded her completely.
I grew up with my father, so I know more about cars than most women.
I am endlessly busy, bringing up five young kids, and trying to keep up with the three older ones. I still spend most of my life driving car pools.
At the moment, I’m enjoying John Grisham quite a bit.
I’ve shut myself inside these walls, and I’m going to be a very lonely old lady if I’m not careful.
People have entire relationships via text message now, but I am not partial to texting. I need context, nuance and the warmth and tone that can only come from a human voice.
A book begins with an image or character or situation that I care about deeply.
I try to give people hope. Even though life is bleak, there’s hope out there.
I like summer. I like warmer weather and long days. I’m one of those silly people who still enjoy lying in the sun – my children are horrified!
In my late teenage years, I developed a real passion for it, and wrote a lot of poetry.
I think I’m very real as a person, and that comes across in my work.
I have these wonderful homes, and no one to share them with.