Sometimes if something scares me, I lean right into it . I’m not a brave person— I’m more of a fearless idiot.

Let's face it: Russell Crowe is fat and no one ever talks about it.

Becoming a mother is the best thing that has ever happened to me, I am happy to once again be a part of National Adoption Day. We were matched with our daughter through the U.S. foster care system, and my goal is to share information about the more than 120,000 foster care children in this country who are waiting for a family.

Anyone who ever wondered how much they could love a child who did not spring from their own loins, know this: it is the same. The feeling of love is so profound, it's incredible and surprising.

I would rather be called funny than pretty.

It wasn't easy to adopt an American child. Actually it's quite simple, but finding out how to do it was the hard part.

What I wish I had, is that I wish I was a little more Greek, in that I wish I could lose my North American driven attitude and that I could be a little bit more poetic and laissez faire.