'The morning after I gave birth, I felt like my whole life had started over. Like, now is day one of my life.'
, and that he was named Cy, after “postwar American painter Cy Twombly, one of Maroney’s favorite artists.”and reflected on her script choices throughout her career, admitting that she has always chosen movies that had some layer of, well, mommy issues. “Art, more often than not, is about one’s mother. I hesitate to say that because I would hate for somebody to go back and watch my movies, or watch this movie in particular and think that that is the way that I’m painting my mother.
Lawrence then delved into her own experiences as a new mom, honestly sharing, “It’s so scary to talk about motherhood. Only because it’s so different for everybody. If I say, It was amazing from the start, some people will think, it wasn’t amazing for me at first, and feel bad. Fortunately, I have so many girlfriends who were honest. Who were like, it’s scary. You might not connect right away. You might not fall in love right away. So I felt so prepared to be forgiving.
“The morning after I gave birth, I felt like my whole life had started over. Like, Now is day one of my life. I just stared. I was just so in love. I also fell in love with all babies everywhere. Newborns are just so amazing. They’re these pink, swollen, fragile little survivors. Now I love all babies. Now I hear a baby crying in a restaurant, and I’m like, Awwww, preciousssss,” Lawrence gushed.
Don’t worry, she hasn’t lost her sense of humor — she spoke lightheartedly about how the tables will eventually turn, saying, “So many of my films in the past have been aboutchildhood. I wonder what will happen now that I’ll be witnessing somebody else’s childhood. And I wonder what he’s going to be talking about with his therapist.More Great Content
Sign up for Scary Mommy’s daily newsletter for more stories from the trenches. We’ve got personal takes, life-changing tips, and all the things you need to keep one step ahead of the chaos.Though Jennifer was candid in having reservations about how she’d be as a mom, she is finding that it’s only expanded her ability to love, sharing, “My heart has stretched to a capacity that I didn’t know about. I include my husband in that.
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