Jeremiah 29:10-14

This what the Lord says: 'When seventy years are completed for Babylon, I will come to you and fulfill my gracious promise to bring you back to this place.

For I know the plans I have for you,' declares the Lord, 'plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future.

Then you will call upon me and come and pray to me, and I will listen to you. You will seek me and find me when you seek me with all your heart.

I will be found by you,' declares the Lord, 'and will bring you back from captivity. I will gather you from all the nations and places where I have banished you,' declares the Lord, 'and will bring you back to the place from which I carried you into exile.'

Parenthood on Parenting

Mom (Sarah Braverman, Lauren Graham):

Do you ever worry so much about something bad happening to me that you stomped out my fire by accident?

Grandma (Camille Braverman):

We all try to protect our kids. It's what we do, then they grow up and we can't protect them anymore.

And you'd save yourself a lot of grief if you'd accept that fact. I mean, we can be there for them, but you can't protect them. I think it's one of the toughest things about being a parent.

Sarah Braverman to her daughter, Amber:

When you have kids, if you have kids, there's something you should know --very confusing thing that they don't tell you.

You see so much of yourself in them, you see your ironic take on the world, you see your smile, your walk, your sense of humor, whatever..

And you think they're you.

But they're not you.

And they shouldn't have all of your baggage, your fear, and your insecurity, and your life experience and that's not fair, they have their own.

New Mantra for 2011

My new year's motto for 2010 was "Nothing tastes as good as skinny." Yes, it was a great motivational tool, but after a while, things did taste better than skinny, so as you can suspect, the value of that statement faded with time.

But thank to my rimz, I have found my new and improved mantra for 2011:

"Keep intake to levels that will support exercise but not body fat."

Much more realistic, practical, and healthy.

This is the year!