Having a sister is like having a best friend you cant get rid of. You know whatever you do, theyll still be there.
There are a few things that were just sheer, unadulterated joy, like the birth of my children.
Our brothers and sisters are there with us from the dawn of our personal stories to the inevitable dusk.
I’ve always wanted to be a mom at 23, 24ish, ever since I was a little girl. I’m right on schedule.
You don’t choose your family. They are God’s gift to you, as you are to them.
I just want to make sure when I have kids, I can spend time with them. That’s the whole point.
When I’m happier and healthier, my family is happier and healthier, and it affects how I interact with my friends and the people I work with.
I guess my parents were strict. There were a few times when being with my friends and had bring my sister. It was just my parents best interests.
There was a lot of charm in just living in a big family compound of a house. My two uncles, who were into jazz, lived in the basement, and one of them, Uncle Peter, taught me my first songs on the ukulele.
It’s much worse to read criticism about your son than yourself.
I had grown up without a father and that is why it was so important to me that my children would never be in need of anything.
There’s a reason why people who’ve had bad relationships with their parents listen to angry stuff.
I’m going to let people know that it’s cool to have a child and be young and still be a good mom. It’s really tough, but I’m doing it.
My father died in 1960. He was an intellectual. . . . She made the money and he read a lot. He wasn’t successful or ambitious. He spoke lots of languages. There were times that kids said to me, ‘What does your father do?’ and I had to make something up because I actually didn’t know what he did.
How do people make it through life without a sister?
Your siblings are the only people in the world who know what it’s like to have been brought up the way you were.
My daughters are the heart of my heart and the center of my world.
I’ve been a loner all the time throughout my life… I haven’t been the best father… Many times… my children have accused me of not giving them enough attention. And, frankly, I never have been good at handling that.
My daughter hasn’t seen me with anybody in five years. I’m very, very selective when it comes to that because I want to make sure that it’s real. I don’t want her to see me with just anybody because she means everything to me.
Sometimes being a brother is even better than being a superhero.
The debt of gratitude we owe our mother and father goes forward, not backward. What we owe our parents is the bill presented to us by our children.
