When I'm singing, it's a mixture of my innocence in the projects, my mom and dad. It's all the good and the bad, the laughs and the frowns that I went through and seen other people go through. Then yo...
As I was standing in my kitchen cooking yesterday, a quiet task that causes my mind to begin reminiscing (similar to washing dishes, cleaning the bathrooms and mowing), I reached for the kitchen sciss...
When you're sick, nobody takes care of you like your mom.
I spend my afternoons painting and working on my Open Hearts jewelry line for Kay Jewelers. I designed an image of a heart that isn't completely closed. My mom always told me to live with an open hear...
When I moved out of my mom's house at 18 I was almost as sad to leave her sewing machine behind as anything else.
The 'believe' tattoo is because my mom always told me to believe.
Mom spent the time that she was supposed to be a kid actully raising children, her younger brother and younger sister. She was tough as nails and did not suffer fools at all. And the truth was she cou...
I remember watching the Grammys and looking at the performances and crying to my mom, saying how much I wanted to be there.
The woman is uniformly sacrificed to the wife and mother.
I sing seriously to my mom on the phone. To put her to sleep, I have to sing 'Maria' from West Side Story. When I hear her snoring, I hang up.
Yes, I always remember my dad's, mom's and my grandma's perfumes.
I could do without 'cool' publications calling me 'mom jazz.' But I laughed all the way to the bank, baby.
I was blessed, because I come from a family where they knock you down before you float away. I have a lot of brothers who just make sure we have our feet on the ground, and my mom is a rock star. She...
My real dream is to have a whole, like, buy a whole piece of land. Imagine, like, a long driveway. Like, a cul de sac-type street, with maybe, like, seven houses. Me be right here. Have my mom be able...
I grew up in a difficult environment, but I became a Christian as a teen. My mom and my sister soon became Christians also.
The biggest surprise, which is also the best, is that I didn't know I would love motherhood as much as I do.
My mom used to take me down to the Jersey Shore when I was 7, 8, 9 years old. I can remember being down in that area - Belmar, Seaside Heights, Asbury Park and all those places that I went back and re...
I care so passionately about improving the quality of life for women and girls, not just here in the United States, but internationally as well. I am a single mom and I raised a daughter who is now a...
I'm a mom - I'm lucky if I get to shower in the morning. Luckily, nail polish stays on my toes. I've been so bad on the upkeep, though.
My mom insisted on multigrain bread and never allowed soda in the house.