“They dug deeper, and deeper. Deep is so un-American now, even radical. We live too often like water skeeters on the surface of the pond, dropping down for a quick bite of insect or e-mail. Deep is the realm of soul.

Deeper and deeper the women dug. The men took over some of their chores. This is not possible, although Saint Francis says that after we do what’s necessary, and then do what is possible, we find ourselves doing the impossible: men watching the children.”

Anne Lamott in Hallelujah Anyway