Category Archives: Love

I like date night to be simple. I love to just going out to dinner with my husband and then catching a movie. It’s funny the things you take for granted before you have kids when you can just go out on a whim. It’s kind of a luxury once you do have little ones. It’s important to go out and have that quality time to remember why you like each other and why you love each other. Just have your little one spend the night with grandma so you can have time to reconnect.

My husband forgives. He’s great at just letting things go. I think that it’s very hard to do that. When you are pregnant and your hormones are going crazy, you may have said something that you didn’t necessarily mean. I have a husband that has a great heart and can just think: “She’s pregnant. I can just let that go.” I really, really appreciate that about my husband. He’s amazing in that way.

Whips, chains and lots of role play — that’s how Bill and I keep things spicy in our relationship. After all, we’ve been together since 1998! Okay… actually none of that is true. We aren’t there yet. Though I’m actually not opposed to any of it — it’s just not our thing. We are okay with how things are… or at least I am. I guess I should be asking my husband the same question!

Back when I was pregnant with Taylor, Jimmy was working four 10-hour days, and then driving to UCLA on Fridays for a full day of classes. Because he was trying to finish his degree, he was either gone all day or studying, and I definitely felt super alone. It got even worse for me after I had Taylor, and the schedule Jimmy had remained the same. I had this newborn and a little postpartum depression, and my husband wasn’t able to be there as much as I needed. It was definitely a rough patch for sure.

The love story I always think of is Joanne Woodward and Paul Newman. I think they had an incredible love story. They raised children together in the Hollywood setting — which is a very challenging thing to do. They seemed to be true to themselves. They were part of the scene but not too much a part of the scene. They both had an enormous amount of integrity and I loved what they did to give back in the world as well.