You Should Sit Down for This: A Memoir about Life, Wine, and Cookies

by Tamera Mowry

“Enjoy the ride and know that you’ll be fine. And when things feel like they’re just too much, duck and trust, because sometimes it’s the best way to get through the wild, unpredictable terrain that is life.”

You need to look where you want to go.

But I have to tell you that no one defines who you are but you. Do not listen to this insecurity living inside you.

would never allow anyone else to tell me who I am.

Only you can define who you are.

Something changes when we realize we are the authors of our own stories, because others are constantly trying to edit us aren’t they?

Only you get to decide what to do with the complexities and nuances of your story.

Only you can know the truth and you have approval over the final draft! You are under no obligation to agree with their assessment of your cooking, your career, your mothering, your hopes, and dreams. Only you get to set the parameters of your story.

And if it helps, take a minute right and just get to the core of your story. I can tell you it’s not easy to recover from being ripped apart like a birthday piñata, and Ugly and Goofy had me convinced for a long time that my story wasn’t all mine to tell.

Live your life the way you want it to be starting right now.

Life your life now. Don’t be afraid, don’t wait for “the right” moment, don’t hold back.

Live. Life. Now.

There’s nothing to wait for! It might sound corny (and you know I’m not opposed to being a bit corny), but there is no dr...

I will be bolder,