My cousin cleaned out a shotgun for me and let me carry it around the house, because he said, 'Anybody who knows anything about guns is going to know in a second if someone has held a gun before.' I didn't want to be that person. I wanted to be practiced.

This isn't like an auction, right? You guys aren't going to take it away?

I think all mothers are a nightmare - i don't think you can have children and not lose your goddamn mind.

People treating you differently, when you don't feel any different, is really alienating.

I'm the youngest in a family where I didn't have to take responsibility for much.

Eating is one of my favorite parts of the day

My husband is a very present husband, and that has made going to work feel easier. I don't feel guilty. I definitely feel less guilt because I know he's there during breakfast, lunch and supper if I'm not.