On the reality of maternity leave.
"My maternity leave was spent bouncing between hospitals, therapists, and the insurance company. I still talk to a doctor every single day of every single week. My daughter has had five surgeries already — two on her heart. I have to fight so much. It took a month of phone calls with the insurance company just to get her a single shot that she needs to stay alive."
On not hitting milestones.
"We live in a different world. My kid doesn't babble. Doesn't eat food. Doesn't crawl. My husband is lucky because he has no idea what the milestones are supposed to be. But I do. I know what a fifteen-month-old should be able to do."
On parenthood.
"It's better than I imagined it was going to be. Because I'm a parent now. And when you're imagining all these things, it's so hard to picture the love. She's such a happy baby. She gets so proud of herself when she accomplishes something. She never wakes up crying. The one thing that comes easy to her in life is love and happiness."
