Fay Angus has something to say with humor and style-on just about everything in How to Do Every-thing Right and Live to Regret It:

On Faith: "Hot or cold, but never lukewarm? Make mine hot!"

On Parenting: "When we raise our children on a lap full of laughter, we program into them the merry heart that Solomon says is a 'continual feast.' It will nourish them all their lives."

On Disappointment: "He is God of the impossible; he is hope of the hopeless. When we are powerless to help ourselves, or when no one is able to help us, God moves his miracles through our lives."

On Middle Age: "When I was carrying our first baby, my husband put his arms around me and said, 'Well honey, your anchor's dragging, and your cargo's shift-ing, but you're still my dream boat!' Eighteen years later, I was no longer with child, but my anchor was still dragging and my cargo was still shifting-1 had entered middle age."

On Pain and Grief: "Grief is a love word. We do not grieve for those we do not love. To love is to risk losing, but not to love is to have already lost."

On Accepting Ourselves: "We need to thank God for ourselves... We all come tagged: 'With the compli-ments of your Creator!""