By the time the children go to bed, I am as drained as any mother who has spent her day working, car pooling, building Lego castles and shopping for the precisely correct soccer cleat. Ayelet Waldman
She was the most intelligent woman of her day and she refused to get married in nine languages. Will Cuppy
My grandmother was a kind of Scarsdale, New York, society woman, best known in her day as the author of the 1959 book 'Growing Your Own Way: An Informal Guide for Teen-Agers' - this despite being a person whose parenting style made Joan Crawford's wire hangers look like pool noodles. Sloane Crosley
He that woos a widow must woo her day and night. English Proverb