Meredith Baxter

“I am a lesbian, and it was a later-in-life recognition.”

“I realized that I had been living a lie. I had been living a life that was not my own.”

“I've been in therapy for years. I'm a big believer in it.”

“I'm a lesbian, a mother, a grandmother, a sister, a daughter, a friend. I'm a Republican and a recovering alcoholic.”

“I had to be willing to be vulnerable and it was hard. It was very hard.”

“The first thing that I did was to tell my kids. I said, 'Your mother is a lesbian.'”

“When you're in the closet, you're in a prison.”

“I think that we all have secrets. And the secrets that we keep are the secrets that keep us sick.”

“I am now a very, very out lesbian.”

“I feel like I'm a good mom. I'm a strong woman.”

“To be able to be in a relationship where I'm fully myself, with a woman, is just a new experience.”

“I'm happier than I've ever been. I'm more comfortable in my own skin than I've ever been.”

“It was just a new part of myself that I was discovering.”

“'Family Ties' was a very safe place to be. It was a very nurturing environment.”

“I was so scared. I was so afraid of what people would think.”