You learn by going where you have to go. - Mia Farrow

I get it now. I didn't get it then. That life is about losing and about doing it as gracefully as possible...and enjoying everything in between.

Having such a large family can be challenging. I won't deny that. But they're just great kids so you just deal with everything. There's very few things in my life that I regret. If I could change anything, maybe I wish I had learnt and done certain things earlier. I would have liked to have continued in school longer. I would have been interested in living in Africa and perhaps trained as a pediatrician.

Rage and grief are savage companions, but despair is the final undoing.