SDF

Since joining SBS as a news anchor in 2006, my life has revolved around the news. Even so, presenting the news has never been something I can take lightly. My work requires the same amount of daily care and deliberation it always has, and on some nights, I find myself lying awake in frustration, knowing and wishing I could have done better. Such is my life as a working mother of two, whatever my public persona of cool, unflappable urban working woman might suggest to the contrary.

My long journey in the world of news began when, as a still relatively new anchor, I was asked to man the desk for the morning news program. But on two separate occasions, I had to take some time away: once when my first child was born, and then again when my second came. These days, as I care for my children, feeding them and tucking them into bed every night, knowing how they rely on me and need me by their side, and hearing them call for me the moment they wake, I find myself listening more closely to the smaller, softer voices in this world. I find myself wanting to see farther than I have.

Every night, I deliver news from around the world, my feet shod in my pointy-toed heels, and every morning, I hurry to get my children ready on time for the kindergarten bus, my hair in a messy tangle. It’s like flipping a switch, back and forth, but I immerse myself into each role, and the more I do, the more I discover that in each of these worlds, I am only more truly myself.

All of these days and nights of life lived fully, lived the best I can, add up. I believe there’s real power in that. I believe my children will learn resilience and strength but not lose their wonder. I believe we will make the world a brighter, better place for each other.