The media tried to destroy my parents and has taken things completely out of context but there's not a whole lot you can do in terms of fighting back. You have to hope that it passes which it always does. But they have to be careful. They didn't necessarily sign up for this.
My divorce came to me as a complete surprise. That's what happens when you haven't been home in eighteen years.
You know the sad thing of post-9/11 which was of course horrific was that the city in which I felt completely at home for two decades suddenly people like us - brown people - were looked at as the 'Others.'
I live a dual life. On the red carpet it's complete glam. But at home I'm a jeans and T-shirt kind of girl. Simple can be beautiful.
I'm very lucky. I am one of those people who is able to go home shut the front door and completely focus on the kids.
Even cooking at home the difference between my wife cooking and me cooking is major. When my wife cooks the kitchen looks like a disaster. When I cook it's completely clean and organized and it doesn't look like anyone has been cooking in there.
My work in the House of Representatives at this time in my life is completed. It is time to return home.
To have the opportunity to complete the slam at the Open at St Andrews the home of golf is something I will never ever forget.
I much prefer working with kids whose life could be completely upended by a reading of a book over a weekend. You give them a book to read - they go home and come back a changed person. And that is so much more interesting and exciting.
When it comes to true humility in the face of history nothing beats complete silence.