New Yorkers, by reputation, are fast-talking, assertive and easily annoyed; I fit right in.

Twins are a high-risk pregnancy, by definition. The quieter I am, the longer I can keep them growing.

New Yorkers, by reputation, are fast-talking, assertive and easily annoyed; I fit right in.

I can cook; but not well. I figure I have six years until my children discover what their friends' mothers make for dinner.

My parents were terrific - mother was a church organist and my father was probably the most respected person in our church outside of the minister and sometimes maybe that much. The neighbors all called him - a gentleman.

I came back to work when my children were two months old. At that early age, they seem to have little awareness of anybody but their Raggedy Ann dolls, so it wasn't a matter of them missing me. I was missing them.

Most of us in the baby-boom generation were raised by full-time mothers. Even as recently as 14 years ago, 6 out of 10 mothers with babies were staying at home. Today that is totally reversed. Does that mean we love our children less than our mothers loved us? No, but it certainly causes a lot of guilt trips.