Let Me Answer the Question Every Woman is Afraid to Ask Me: Do I Regret Not Having Biological Children? The Answer is NO. Here’s why.

I never wanted to be a mom.

I truly never had the urge. I started working in a career I loved within a year of graduating high school — broadcasting. I chose that career over many things: dating, college, and having a baby. As my broadcasting career evolved, I became a morning show personality and producer. I stayed single and didn’t see a way children were possible with my hours and career demands, but I didn’t want to be a mom anyway.

For every young woman out there, it’s OK 👌 to not want to become a mom!

What I really wanted was to break cycles

As a third-generation Polish-American, I decided it was time for a woman in this family to get her college degree. My great-grandmother gave birth to 14 children. My grandmother worked on the Motorola assembly line. My mother’s lack of education held her back from her business dreams.

I’ll never regret investing in myself and working to break the cycle of poverty endured by the women who came before me.

I F*cking Did It!

I rocked a 20+ year broadcasting career, graduated from Boston University, and worked in journalism.

Not one of the aforementioned women lived to see me do it though.

My mom died in 2004, at which point I found out our Polish family carries a genetic mutation of a horrendous, always-fatal prion disease called CJD. I decided no kids for me; I am not passing that thing down.

I unofficially adopted a 16-year-old. So I raised a person anyway.

My daughter needed a mom at 16 way more than I needed to create a brand-new life in this world.

She’s now 30, I didn’t pass on the gene, and I still got the “mom experience.”

All while breaking two cycles: poverty & CJD.

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