Michelle's Story: Raising Two Little Girls

Michelle is happier now than she’s ever been.

After a chance meeting, she’s married to the man of her dreams. Now, she and her husband are raising two beautiful little girls.

Watch the video to hear her story.

Then I was sitting across from this bar. I'm like, "All right, I'll go in there. I'll talk to one more guy." I walked in and I did a spin of the bar. I saw him, and I was like, "Oh, my God, he's amazing." Tapped him on the shoulder, I said, "Excuse me, I'm casting an ad, and you'd be the perfect model for it." And he was like, "Me? Yeah?" And so I took pictures of him and then he ended up getting the job. And I remember the Art Director said to me, "You two are getting married." And now we're married and we have two beautiful daughters who are four and six. 

I want my daughters to not care about what other people think about them. Whatever they feel is beautiful to them is how I want them to be. And to feel like, "This is who I am and this is my beauty." I never want them to think about, "Oh, what if these people think this or they think that?"

My concept of beauty, when I was young, actually, because I grew up in a very conformist, suburban town, and everybody was the same. And I always wanted to be different. And I think growing up in that atmosphere made me actually become even more of an individual. And so, I had my own style. I liked being unique. When I was in my twenties, I got a silver streak in my hair. And I'm like, "That's super cool. I'm going to keep that." Right?

Now that I have daughters,I am raising them to feel the same way, too. To embrace their individuality. And if somebody's making fun of them or saying, "We don't like your hair," just, "Who cares?"

My six-year-old is actually a prolific songwriter. And she came up with her own lyrics, "I don't care what you say, I'm going to go my own way." And she actually says that in class to kids if they say something to her!