I never had a particularly strong craving to procreate, except for earlier fantasies of wanting to be Marmee in Little Women. - Anne Lamott

I'm here to be me, which is taking a great deal longer than I had hoped.

I try to write the books I would love to come upon, that are honest, concerned with real lives, human hearts, spiritual transformation, families, secrets, wonder, craziness — and that can make me laugh. When I am reading a book like this, I feel rich and profoundly relieved to be in the presence of someone who will share the truth with me, and throw the lights on a little, and I try to write these kinds of books. Books, for me, are medicine.

I am learning slowly to bring my crazy pinball-machine mind back to this place...