Jennifer Love Hewitt on Turning 40 and Returning to Work as a Mom of Two She figured she'd have a great husband and a couple of kids by this big birthday. But she couldn’t have predicted how transitioning from staying home would go—or the surprising professional paths she’d pursue. By Meredith Bodgas February 26, 2019 Jennifer Love Hewitt reflects on her return to work and her family. Photo: Ari Michelson “Oh yeah! There she is,” says the bespectacled celebrity smiling at me on my laptop screen. She’s not referring to having found me, her interviewer, on Skype, the unconventional but practical way we two moms on opposite coasts are connecting; rather, she’s referring to herself. In the fog of mourning her mother, getting pregnant, facing postpartum struggles , and getting pregnant again in quick succession, bubbly, career-focused Jennifer Love Hewitt couldn’t recognize herself—not that she had much time to try. “I worked [on T...