Letting Secrets Slip

In her book, Plan B, Anne Lamott writes about a particularly trying spell with her son. During that period, she asks her priest friend what Jesus would do in her situation. The priest tells her,

"In biblical times, they used to stone a few 13-year-olds with some regularity, which helped keep the others quiet and at home. The mothers were usually in the first row of stone throwers and had to be restrained."

Lamott then writes,

"I wrote this down and taped it to my wall...Every parent who saw it laughed and felt better; nothing helps like letting your ugly common secrets out."