I've always known I was adopted.

I couldn't wait to look at someone who shared my genes. I thought my baby was going to provide a decoder key to my past. But then I looked at Pippa and realized, no, she's actually the key to my future.

Before you're a mom you don't know what gear is going to be relevant.

I squirrel away sealed greeting cards that people give me so I can open them later when I'm having a bad day.

I always wear high heels.

I never wear pants in my life. I never thought I'd say this, but I miss wearing pants. For the first time in my life, I miss my pants.

I always felt my emancipation into truly being a grown-up was when I had to figure out how to fold up a king-size fitted bottom sheet on my own.