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"Katherine Heigl faced an ugly truth when she became a mother in 2009. A series regular on Grey&amp;apos;s Anatomy at the time, the actress found it difficult to maintain any kind of work-life balance, and soon grew resentful of her hectic schedule.\r\n&amp;quot;I would come home angry and frustrated that I&amp;apos;d missed everything with my kid that day,&amp;quot; Heigl, 35, told Good Housekeeping of being a working mom after she and husband Josh Kelley adopted daughter Naleigh, now 5. &amp;quot;I didn&amp;apos;t get to wake her up from her nap, or do bath time or bedtime. I&amp;apos;d have to sneak into her room and kiss her when she was sleeping, hoping not to wake her up.&amp;quot;\r\n\r\nSomething had to go&amp;#x2014;and it wasn&amp;apos;t her baby girl. &amp;quot;I felt like my priorities were messed up,&amp;quot; the State of Affairs star admitted. &amp;quot;I was putting so much time and energy into just my work, but I was raised [to believe] that family comes first.&amp;quot;\r\nHeigl wanted her kids to grow up the way she had grown up; she even adopted Naleigh from South Korea because her parents had adopted her big sister Meg from there. &amp;quot;My family had its own unique look,&amp;quot; she explained to Good Housekeeping. &amp;quot;And I wanted the one I began with my husband to have the same look, in a way.&amp;quot;\r\n\r\nThree years later, the 27 Dresses actress and her singer-songwriter love adopted another baby girl, Adalaide, from Louisiana. &amp;quot;We brought her home, and right away Naleigh was like a little mommy,&amp;quot; Heigl recalled. &amp;quot;She&amp;apos;d say, &amp;apos;No, no. You&amp;apos;re not holding her right.&amp;apos; Or, &amp;apos;She needs to eat again.&amp;apos; I&amp;apos;d be like, &amp;apos;Would you back off? Just give me a minute!&amp;apos;&amp;quot;\r\n\r\nBy that time, Heigl had left Grey&amp;apos;s Anatomy (amid much drama) and stepped back from her rom-com-heavy movie career. &amp;quot;Naleigh would go off to her ballet classes and other stuff, and I would sit with the baby at home,&amp;quot; she shared. &amp;quot;I would read, and she would lie on my chest, and we&amp;apos;d lie on the couch with, like, four dogs, and watch Friday Night Lights. I found it so peaceful.&amp;quot;\r\n\r\nNow that her girls are a little older, though, Heigl is back to work. She&amp;apos;ll return to TV this fall in NBC&amp;apos;s State of Affairs, a CIA drama that has been widely touted as her comeback vehicle following several big-screen box-office disappointments and a slew of unflattering stories about her reputation for being &amp;quot;difficult.&amp;quot;\r\nThe September issue of Good Housekeeping hits stands on Aug. 12."^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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