Due to a big bust in Cuba, my father's business suffered badly, so I was free to choose my own career. I became a professional dancer, and I went on the road and started making real money.

I should remember more, and I have a pretty good memory.

Sometimes, I wonder what I'm doing here.

We had plenty of clothes and no money.

My family never owned a home. We leased.

Am I feminist? I don't know. I'm not really sure what that is. I am all up for equality to a certain extent, although in the home, I do feel this is where the mother excels and the man needs to step back a bit. My family is from Nigeria, and this is our culture.

In my family, we were on again off again Unitarians, partly because my father, raised Roman Catholic, had had enough of church.

Motherhood is not what was left over after our Father blessed His sons with priesthood ordination. It was the most ennobling endowment He could give His daughters, a sacred trust that gave women an unparalleled role in helping His children keep their second estate.