One thing I know for sure about raising children is that every single day a kid needs discipline… But also every single… — Anne Lamott Copy Share Image
Every woman's path is difficult, and many mothers were as equipped to raise children as wire monkey mothers. I say that without… — Anne Lamott Copy Share Image
A priest friend of mine has cautioned me away from the standard God of our childhoods, who loves you and guides you… — Anne Lamott Copy Share Image
I suspect that he was a child who thought differently than his peers, who may have had serious conversations with grown-ups, who… — Anne Lamott Copy Share Image
You've got to learn to let go and let your children fall, and fail. If you try to protect them from hurt,… — Anne Lamott Copy Share Image
Clutter and mess show us that life is being lived...Tidiness makes me think of held breath, of suspended animation... Perfectionism is a… — Anne Lamott Copy Share Image
Having a child as a single mother was a crucible - maybe this is true for all parents. I got rid of… — Anne Lamott Copy Share Image
Here are the two best prayers I know: 'Help me, help me, help me,' and 'Thank you, thank you, thank you.' A… — Anne Lamott Copy Share Image
Let’s think of reverence as awe, as presence in and openness to the world…Try walking around with a child who’s going, ‘Wow,… — Anne Lamott Copy Share Image
You want to protect your child from pain, and what you get instead is life, and grace; and though theologians insist that… — Anne Lamott Copy Share Image
I guess he'll have to figure out someday that he is supposed to have this dark side, that it is part of what it… — Anne Lamott Copy Share Image
It's funny where we look for salvation, and where we actually find it. — Anne Lamott Copy Share Image
Why couldn't Jesus command us to obsess over everything, to try to control and manipulate people, to try not to breathe at all, or… — Anne Lamott Copy Share Image
Your problem is how you are going to spend this one odd and precious life you have been issued. Whether you're going to spend… — Anne Lamott Copy Share Image
And yet, I do believe there is ultimately meaning in the chaos, and also in the doldrums. What I resist is not the truth… — Anne Lamott Copy Share Image
Raising a child, whether or not it is yours, is like Nautilus of the heart and soul. — Anne Lamott Copy Share Image
“I heard a preacher say recently that hope is a revolutionary patience; let me add that so is being a writer. Hope begins in… — Anne Lamott Copy Share Image
“I think perfectionism is based on the obsessive belief that if you run carefully enough, hitting each stepping-stone just right, you won't have to… — Anne Lamott Copy Share Image
We are going to die, as is everyone we adore - I hate this! But the question is, how do we live as women… — Anne Lamott Copy Share Image
