"The first draft is just you telling yourself the story." - Terry Pratchett

#WednesdayInspiration: "In the fall, school accelerates the speed of parenting life. I can easily be overwhelmed, and my spiritual practice evaporates. In the busy clutter, tiny things can help." Read more from @ellieroscher.

My kids have been using the word retort instead of comeback, and it delights me every time.

"The most common way people give up their power is by thinking they don’t have any." ~ Alice Walker

Yesterday, a woman said upon meeting me, "Gosh, you look so familiar. Or maybe you just look like Kate McKinnon," and I'm totally here for it.

How come no one told me when you write a children's book people send you adorable pictures of their children reading your book? I probably should have anticipated this, fair enough, but I was not prepared, and my heart is swollen. #remarablerose

Such a stunner. Congratulations! First of many!

When your spouse comes home from the record store with Regina Spektor, Haim, and Dolly Parton... #swooning

My first picture book is here! Remarkable Rose reminds us of the resilience of girls in Kibera and all around the world who deserve to play and thrive. Go to https://t.co/vDvxcZf7UN to buy a copy today! @KGSAFoundation @AshaJaffar

A monument to Shirley Chisholm, the first Black woman to serve in Congress, will go up in Brooklyn’s Prospect Park. Thirty-two feet high, the monument will stand tall, a testament to Chisholm’s unwavering stature in the struggle for an equitable and just society. #blackhistory

"a sort of wooing" - I love this:

I have folded my sorrows into the mantle of summer night, Assigning each brief storm its allotted space in time, Quietly pursuing catastrophic histories buried in my eyes. —Bob Kaufman https://t.co/EKd45SM3DU

My 8 yr old just called my Diva Cup a Disco Cup and I'm kinda into it...

Molly Brodak:

“It’s a mistake to think of my life as plot, but isn’t this what I’m tasked with now—making sense of what happened by telling it as a story?” ~ Maggie Smith / @maggiesmithpoet

6-year-old: I learned a new cello song today. It's hard. Me: What is it? 6-yr- old: It's either Mozart or Elvis. I can't remember. 🤣