Cristela Alonso

It's none of your business.

Because some people don't want kids.

And that should be a good enough reason.

They don't want them.

Then there's other people that want them and can't have them.

Why you bringing it up?

And then there's people like me that we don't talk about enough.

I already raised children.

I helped my sister raise her three kids, like three kids from like babies to adults.

And let me tell you, Mano, once you raise a child one time, you never want to do it again.

Because when people say they want kids, they usually mean I want a baby.

No one ever says, I want a 17-year-old.

It sounds terrible to say this, but I feel that my mom dying was so liberating to me because my mom had chosen me to be her caregiver when I was a little kid.

She told me that when she got older, I was going to be the one to take care of her.

And I took that on because she had done so much for me.

She sacrificed so much for my family.

How could I not do what she wanted me to do?

So when she passed away, I thought, wow, I can finally...

I can finally chase my dream.

If I don't do it now, I'm never going to do it.