Professionally, I decided to commit a lot of my time to California because there wasn't a whole lot happening for me in New York.
I'm a just a mom when I walk down the street.
It's not an easy thing to be let go.
In difficult times, it's so hard to look around and to see what to be grateful for.
When I left the show, the fans were so amazing in terms of the outpouring of support and continued support all that time whatever ways they could be in touch with me.
So every single day, I found something to be grateful for and that's a powerful lesson.
But this is called show business, not show family.
I did an episode of The Profiler. I actually worked on the last episode of Murphy Brown.
It sustained me... I can't tell you how much their support meant to me when I was leaving and coming back and even while I was gone, there was a part of me that knew people were pulling for me.
Getting fired is hard.
So I'm very grateful for everything that has happened in my life.
I did a Broadway show with Alan Alda and how much money can Alan Alda have.
Alice Barrett is an American actress.