The argument about marriage equality will one day seem as arcane and shocking to us as the fact that Rosa Parks had to get up and go to the back of the bus.

It's an interesting thing to be in your forties and evaluate success and take ownership of some disasters and some pain and try to forgive a little bit - yourself and others.

There are so many ebbs and flows in life, but when you're raising small children, your family means everything.

So, you know, parenting is a very intimate and amazing experience and one of the best experiences of my life.

Socially, most people delayed motherhood for five to 10 years around us.

I used to be more paranoid and stressed, constantly worrying about my Plan B. But the truth is I don't have one.

Nobody seemed to have any perspective any longer. Those were low points. But we got through it.