The Third Gilmore Girl

by Kelly Bishop

Once you have children, you’ll never be free again.”

Apparently, even as a little girl, I sensed that freedom was going to be an essential part of my life, because when she told me that, my first and only thought was, Well, then, no children for me.

Whatever maternal instincts I was born with were exclusively limited to taking care of animals.

I thrived on Mom’s approval too, as I had all my life,