I Had A Very Good English Teacher

I Am Just Surprised To Be Doing Anything At My Age Actually. When You Think Of Where I Am Now And Where I've Come From, I Am Very Pleased And Very Grateful To Be Standing Up And Delivering Julian's Great Lines.

My Kids Are Really Learning Everything From Scratch. It's Our Job To Be Their Tour Guides And Camp Counselors And Orientation People. That's A Weird Responsibility, Especially In A World That Feels As Good As It Feels Bad.

I Had No Idea That That Was Around In The Family Anywhere. Maybe It Never Was. But - So They Broke The Way For Me, If You Know What I Mean. I Have No Idea Where I Got The Idea From To Do What I Do. But I Think They - Ian And Alistair, My Brothers Kind Of Opened A Lot Of Doors For Me Onto The World - You Know, Made It Seem To Be A Very, Very Interesting Place.

The Chemotherapy Was Very Peculiar, Something That Makes You Feel Much Worse Than The Cancer Itself, A Very Nasty Thing. I Used To Go To Treatment On My Own, And Nearly Everybody Else Was With Somebody. I Wouldn't Have Liked That. Why Would You Want To Make Anybody Sit In Those Places?

A Lot Of Writing About Being A Mother Is Not So Much Writing About The Kids Themselves. They Become Placeholders For The Shift That Happens When You're Suddenly In Charge Of Other People.