I'd have to say, for me, as a child, my favorite memories were always centered around Christmas time. It always seemed like no matter how much money my parents had or didn't have, we got completely spoiled rotten. There were always presents under the tree, and we always did special things, like hide elves around the house.

I prefer to be a mother in the Pacific Northwest! I grew up outside of Seattle and personally find it to be the most beautiful place in the world.

It drives me absolutely crazy when my kids fight - the sound of them fighting and not getting along.

To be quite frank and honest with you, it drives me absolutely crazy when my kids fight, the sound of them fighting and not getting along.

An important aspect of the current situation is the strong social reaction against suggestions that the home language of African American children be used in the first steps of learning to read and write.

Our children, two daughters and a son, were born in 1874, 1876, and 1879.

My wife's family lives up in South Carolina, so we go back and forth quite a bit up there.

To me, my mother is very beautiful and the epitome of a woman. She knows how to balance a busy professional life with family life.