My mom FedExes a red velvet cake she makes from scratch to me every birthday.

I still love red velvet cake.

I was always getting run-down from jet lag and being in strange towns where I didn't speak the language or know what the food was like.

I value so many people who have to work full time, definitely single mothers. Their work is the hardest work. I applaud it so much. I absolutely love being a mother. I love his milestones. I love his smile. I love that he's talking and making sentences and telling me he loves me. It's amazing.

For an hour every day, I did something. I was on the elliptical or the treadmill, and if someone asked me to go to a class - whether it was spinning, boxing, yoga, you name it - I went. By the end of the month, I felt so good, I just kept going. I didn't want to lose my momentum.

I absolutely love being a mother.

Sometimes when I'm healthier on a big day, I feel better about myself.