Little girls want to be just like their mothers, and I was no exception. My mom was an entertainment lawyer for Motown Records; naturally, when I grew up, I wanted to be an attorney, too. My parents... Read more >>

I’ve always been a “someday” kind of girl, a dreamer, even at the tender age of eight, when I couldn’t wait for the day that I could work as a secretary. My stepdad would bring... Read more >>

“When I grow up, I am going to own a huge animal sanctuary and take care of all the endangered animals in the whole entire world!” I remember grown-ups giggling at my long-winded response,... Read more >>

When I was little, I thought you could do a million things as a grown-up. I didn’t get the idea of a one-track career. My parents towed me along as they traveled the world, and I thought each... Read more >>

I only ever wanted to be one thing growing up, and I made it happen. Depending on how you look at it, I’m either incredibly lucky or incredibly boring.  From the time I was three years... Read more >>

Every day, children all over the world are asked, “What do you want to be when you grow up?” Most tots respond with lofty dreams of becoming pirates, ice-cream tasters, ninjas, warrior... Read more >>

One day when I was six, I was having a very intense conversation with my babysitter about crayons or puppies or whatever first-graders like to talk about. But all of a sudden, she sniffed the air like... Read more >>

I once had a teacher who asked the class to cut clouds out of construction paper and write down what we wanted to be when we grew up. I wrote each letter carefully, not wanting messiness or... Read more >>

As a struggling actress, I knew that in order to feed/clothe myself and keep a roof over my head, I had to take as many day jobs as I had limbs. These day jobs equaled money, and comfort, and a Girls... Read more >>

 I’ve taken some time this month to clean out my Gmail, the main goal being to have a completely empty Inbox. I went through each email one by one, adding it to my Gmail Task List and/or... Read more >>