Careers change.
Projects succeed and fail.
Public opinion shifts.
Someone can be celebrated one year and criticized the next.
Family, at its best, can provide something more stable.
It can remind a person that their identity is larger than their career.
For a performer whose professional life is constantly evaluated by audiences and critics, that distinction can be especially valuable.
At home, applause should not be necessary.
Love should not depend on ticket sales.
A parent does not need a chart-topping song or successful movie to matter to their children.
And children
That separation between public success and personal worth may be one of the most important things a family can offer.
The Universal Emotions Behind an Extraordinary Life
This may be why stories about Lopez as a mother resonate with people who have little in common with her professional world.
