Having and raising children is doing something with your life! ... And I have to say that having your kids is one of the greatest things you can do.

I have always believed that when you're feeling sorry for yourself, the best thing to do is help someone else.

A woman experiencing an unplanned pregnancy also deserves to experience unplanned joy.

Anytime anybody is rude, it makes me double-check my own behavior to make sure I don't do that to other people.

I've always been an independent person, but that independence was in the setting of security

Before we had the kids, my husband and I were traveling a lot and working and really enjoying our lives and each other. We both love the theater and books and travel and so we were really having a lot of fun.

Most of my friends from college became dental hygienists or went into retail, a lot went into sales. They all started getting married and having kids and buying homes and I was still living like a college student