My mother is a realist, and ...

My mother is a realist, and she's had biological and adoptive children, and she said it's no different: No matter what, they're putting a stranger into your arms. You don't know them yet.
 Katherine Heigl

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When something disappointing happened, my mother would remind me not to let that become my focus. There's still so much to be grateful for.
 Katherine Heigl
A lot of children don't find forever homes because they're on that special-needs list, even if it's because of something as simple as her mother smoked cigarettes for a month, not knowing she was pregnant.
 Katherine Heigl
If I spread myself too thin, I'm not a good actor, I'm not a good mother, and I'm just really high-strung - and everybody hates me.
 Katherine Heigl
I am a better mother for having something in my life and not just my children.
 Katherine Heigl
My mother is a great source of advice and wisdom and consolation for me.
 Katherine Heigl