After a 15-year career in television news, sometimes spent biting my tongue in the name of objectivity and balance, I retired to raise our two small children.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
Even though I'm retired for some years now I still have something positive to say to kids. And they still listen.
When I was younger, I thought about retiring.
I have two children. I gave up a lot for my career, but I'm very happy for it. I've done what I've always thought was best for me and my family.
When I was a kid, I had ambitions for being a television announcer, which was before television took off, you know, in the late '40s. And just through necessity, going out looking for work, I was starting to sing, and dance, and act, and I never expected to do that, nor to have any success at it at least.
I had a dozen years to act before starting a family, then found that motherhood dwarfed everything else. Once or twice a year, I take a project that appeals to me for its redeeming social value.
Having two kids, I don't get out to see stand up much anymore.
During a long career in TV broadcasting, I spent a lot of time contributing to other people's creations.
I managed to slip two children out in the middle of my career and have been lucky with all the work.
I went from an innocent child to a national television star. My career took on a life of its own.
I gave up my childhood for a career.