One never realizes how different a husband and wife can be until they begin to pack for a trip.

In Russia, as I sat there day after day wearing headphones, listening to the interpreter struggle to make our words relevant, I wondered if we could establish meaningful rapport with a nation that had never seen raisins dance in dark glasses on TV...never had a garage sale.

Getting out of the hospital is a lot like resigning from a book club. You're not out of it until the computer says you're out of it.

Grandparenthood is one of life's rewards for surviving your own children.

There was a time when the one singular thing that held a marriage together was the threat of getting the kids.

One son appears in stereo - a transistor in one ear and the phone in the other..

Last year I gave seventy-four phone hours to soliciting baked goods for the Bake-A-Rama. I was named Top Call Girl by the League.

Phone are wonderful instruments, but I wouldn't want our daughter to marry one.

A member of the committee slapped a name tag over my left bosom. "What shall we name the other one?" I smiled. She was not amused.