When I First Started Writing, I Was

Nothing Like Being With People You’ve Known Almost Your Entire Life. Having A Shared History Is Something You Just Can’t Create With The New Ones. No Matter How Much You Like That, It Just Isn’t The Same.

Life, Steffi Has Learned, Carries On Around The Pain, Making Room For It, Absorbing It Until It Becomes Part Of The Daily Fabric, Wrapping Itself Around You And Lodging Itself In Your Heart.

I Am Divorced, And One Of The Things I Am Tremendously Grateful For Is That My Ex-husband And I Made A Decision To Go Through Mediation. I Knew A Trial Would Drag On For Years, Would Cost Me Everything, But Worse, Would Be Devastating For Our Four Small Children.

Each Of Us May Think We Know Exactly What We Need To Make Us Happy, What Will Be Good For Us, What Will Ensure We Have Our Happy Ending, But Life Rarely Works Out In The Way We Expect, And Our Happy Ending May Have All Sorts Of Unexpected Twists And Turns, Be Shaped In All Sorts Of Unexpected Ways

Fantasies Are Absolutely Safe, As Long As You Never Try To Make Them A Reality.