Jane Kaczmarek

Divorce is brutal and horrible and... you have to actively work to get your life back on track.

I grew up playing in an alley on the south side of Milwaukee.

I was 36 when I got married. I was so focused on, 'You wanted a husband, and you wanted a house, and you wanted children.' I've had all those things now.

Student teaching is the hardest job there is.

I like to be with my children - not just quality time, but quantity time. I like to be there in the morning when they're waking up. I like to practice piano with them. I like to be there at supper. I need them as much as they need me. Working is not as important to me as being a mother is.