Irene Tomkinson

“We teach what we need to learn. And we teach it until we get it.”

“My mothering needed a tad more Mother Theresa and a lot less Lizzy Borden.”

“I had been running as fast as I could for all of my adult life. A person can’t listen effectively while running. A running mother is not able to pick up clues. She is not able to let go of her own agenda long enough to stop and listen.”

“My fear of loneliness is like a disease.”