The experience with my children brings me back to earth. I mean, I go out there and I'm looking at (bugs), you know, and I'm looking at snails. And there's the grass, and I'm getting down in it.

Christmas comes during a season when the Earth is in its darkest time. It's a holiday for the family and for everyone.

I'm so cool that the kids come to my bedroom and go, 'Mom! Turn the music down!

It was tough being a single mom. It was tough being in a divorce with children. Very, very hard.

People ask me, 'Is being a parent the be-all, end-all?' And I say, 'Oh, it definitely is up to the person, and it is difficult, it can be very difficult, and it can be extremely healing.' That's what I have found, that the children are mirrors. Everyone is a mirror, but children especially because they're day and night and all day long.

I'm very fortunate that I have a wonderful family around me and loved ones.