Quote of the Day

People like to say that it -- significance, import -- is all about the family.  But lots of people do not have rich networks of hilarious uncles and adorable cousins, who all live nearby, to help them.  Many people have truly awful families: insane, abusive, repressive.  So we work hard, we enjoy life as we can, we endure.  We try to help ourselves and one another.  We try to be more present and less petty.  Some days go better than others.  We look for solace in nature and art and maybe, if we are lucky, the quiet satisfaction of our homes.

-- Anne Lamott, Stitches, p. 4