Motherhood is... difficult and... rewarding.

Being Latin parents makes us extremely expressive with our affections.

You can put things off until tomorrow but tomorrow may never come.

My mother had a beautiful, soothing voice that made me melt.

The responsibility of carrying and bringing a new life into this world is one that cannot be taken lightly.

The sad truth is that opportunity doesn't knock twice.

We protect aspirin bottles in this country better than we protect guns from accidents by children.

We seal our fate with the choices we take, but don't give a second thought to the chances we take.

Whatever it is your heart desires, please go for it, it's yours to have.

Having felt people's love and support first hand through difficult moments in my life makes me feel it's our responsibility to help one another.

I have a very open line of communication with both my children.

I think that the only way to teach is by example, as children will more easily follow what they see you do than what you tell them to do.

I'm a writer and this is what I love to do.

I've been offered a lot of things that celebrities do that I wouldn't do, like perfumes, lines of clothing and this, that and the other.

My mom was a source of strength.She showed me by example that women, regardless of how difficult life may get, can do it all.

My mom was definitely very strict with me.

Sex and drugs were simply not discussed in our culture at that time.

Sometimes my mother had difficulty communicating with me about certain topics.

There are certain realities we must speak of with our children that were not present when I was a child.

There's no reason that just because you're a celebrity you can't write.