My motivation has always been health - eating healthy and taking care of myself.

Eating and food are a wonderful part of our life's experience, and half of us are walking around dreading having to figure out what to put in our mouths.

I can't sing but I can understand wanting to keep a balance, trying to pursue dreams, while creating a stable environment for my children.

Work travel for me, which is - I hate to say it - more enjoyable now that I have kids.

I always have a million things going on at once, but I try to put my energy into the most immediate need.

In Hawaii, if you're invited to dinner, it's assumed that the children are invited as well. On the islands, no one treats children like they're not part of the conversation. People talk to children as people and include them in adventures and conversations.

In some ways, I'm relieved that I didn't have a son.