My Friends Started Having Children After College,

I'm An Old-school, Embarrassing Joni Mitchell Fan. Her Music Made A Hook In My Soul And Hasn't Let Go For All These Years. I Even Sing Her Songs As Lullabies To My Kids.

My Kids Have Never Seen Me Scream At Anybody. They've Never Seen An Argument. There's Never Been Even A Cold Silence. And Those Are Things That I Grew Up With Because My Parents Did End Up Divorcing.

We're Living In A Time When Parenting Is Not At All Mirroring The Way I Was Parented. For Me, I Just Followed My Parents Around On Their Errands; When They Were Busy On The Phone, I Was Quiet. It's A Different Kettle Of Fish These Days: They Run The House, And You Listen To Their Music, And You Go To Their Appointments.

I Never Really Wanted Kids. I Didn't Not Want Them, But Motherhood Just Wasn't Something That Pulled At Me.

I Don't Have Examples In My Life Of People Who Are All Good Or Bad; I Have Deeply Loved Many People Who Are Both, And I Relate To Those Kinds Of People On A Far Greater Level.