The Stuff on my mind

Life is a messy, beautiful tangle of relationships, challenges, and growth. People fascinate me. What motivates them, what breaks them, and what makes them rise again is endlessly compelling to me. That’s why I write books about ordinary humans (joking, there’s no such thing) and how they attach and detach, how they navigate life amid the piles of laundry, bills, tears, and dog poop... and, of course, how they triumph! Today, I want to share some thoughts on adapting to life’

The Intricacies of Relationships I don't pretend to know anything about how these--what I consider--the foundational relationships work--Husbands and wives, Fathers and sons, Mothers and daughters--and all the concomitant cross-sections . I just know without them, without the glue of them, society would sink into eternal disrepair (and is and has in many cases). Family, the strength, power, fortress, and safety of family, is the secret sauce of success that makes mere humans,

So my biggest joy and hardest work is my family--that doesn't make me unique, it probably makes me pretty relatable. I guess that's why I'm drawn to complicated relationships, and imperfect dynamics in my writing. I think life is kind of a circus and really quite fascinating as a participant as well as a bystander. And the older I get the more I appreciate all the nuances. I've been married to my guy for long enough to know that, for me, marriage is the greatest refiner of ch