I couldn’t wait for Courtney to come to the hospital so I could have all my women together.
AL ROKERNever give up your day job. I do all sorts of things, but at the end of the day, it all boils down to The Today Show,
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In the pregnancy process I have come to realize how much of the burden is on the female partner. She’s got a construction zone going on in her belly.
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And I love doing this thing, and they will have to blow me out of here with dynamite before I leave.
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There is no quick fix. At the end of the day, you still have to do the work to maintain your weight. It can’t be a diet. You have to change your life.
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If I was having a bad day, eating was like self-medicating. But if you abuse food, you still have to use that substance that you abuse every day.
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We already had an adopted daughter, 10-year-old Courtney, from my previous marriage.
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I was the oldest of six, and three of my siblings were adopted.
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When Courtney’s mother and I first separated I tried to be Disney Dad, showering her with gifts, trips and then I snapped out of it.
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If somehow every volunteer vanished tomorrow, so much of this country would come to a standstill: schools, hospitals and libraries.
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Mom and Dad even took in foster children. ‘There are no limits to how much you can love,’ Dad always said.
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I get bitter, angry and disbelieving and I tell my kids there a lot of idiots out there.
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My own childhood showed me that when it comes to loving your kids, concepts like that don’t apply.
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I have been blessed with working with the best in the business.
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My first college roommate greeted me with a shocked silence followed by, ‘So. . .you’re black.
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I was just thrilled to get the gig to begin with. Ten years later to still have it is not only thrilling but also somewhat of a puzzlement.
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They wrapped her up like a baby burrito to show to Mom. Here were a mother and her daughter and I love them both so much.
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