I'm providing myself to my children. I'm loving them unconditionally, accepting them unconditionally.

I'm not living off of any taxpayer money. If I am - if it's food stamps, it's a temporary resource.

That was always a dream of mine, to have a large family, a huge family.

Are we defined by our choices? Our behavior? Our actions? No. I don't believe that defines our worth.

I am responsible. Yes, I have chosen to be single.

Reflecting back on my childhood, I know it wasn't functional. I was very unconditionally loved and accepted, I felt, by my father.

It's a very different bond, siblings and friends. And I just - I wanted that huge family, just to surround me, be surrounded by.