I see children as kites. You spend a lifetime trying to get them off the ground. You run with them until you're both breathless. They crash... you add a longer tail... you patch and comfort, adjust and teach. You watch them lifted by the wind and assure them that someday they'll fly.

Forever, Erma: Best-Loved Writing From America's Favorite Humorist (ed. Open Road Media, 2013) - ISBN: 9781453290095