For decades, Meg Ryan was America’s Sweetheart, starring in countless romantic comedies including the classics When Harry Met Sally..., Sleepless in Seattle, and You’ve Got Mail. Today, the beloved actress is playing a different role: that of doting mother to her two grown-up children, Jack Quaid, 29, and Daisy True Ryan, 17.
While Meg shares her son, Jack, with the actor Dennis Quaid, she adopted Daisy from China in 2006, as a single mother. Since then, Meg has raised Daisy away from the spotlight, with only a handful of public appearances on record. Read on to see Daisy True Ryan now, and to hear what Meg Ryan has shared about parenting the teen.
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Meg says Daisy was an easy child to raise.
Stephane Cardinale - Corbis/Corbis via Getty ImagesMeg opened up to Redbook magazine (via People) about becoming a parent the second time around, sharing that Daisy was a particularly easygoing baby and toddler, which made the transition that much more enjoyable.
“Daisy doesn’t feel hard. She doesn’t feel like…there’s no sweat on it, man,” she told the magazine. “She’s a good hang, and she’s easy. She’s very smart and she’s very generous. I love that she’s funny. I love that. I just can’t imagine what it was like before she came. Life is good, it’s so good with her in it. She and Jack get along great. All of us fit together beautifully.’
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She also feels that they were meant to find each other.
Alo Ceballos/GC Images via Getty ImagesMeg shared in that same interview that Daisy was randomly assigned to her, per China’s adoption process. Yet the actress firmly believes that they were meant to find one another as they did.
“I am convinced, completely convinced that there was nothing random about it. She is the daughter I should have. I never felt like I was on a rescue mission or anything like that. I just really wanted a baby; I was on a mission to connect with somebody, and Daisy and I got to meet each other this way at this time,” said the A-list mom. “We are so compatible. And also having the experience of having had Jack and now to have Daisy in a different way—there’s no difference in the love you feel.”
Meg has said she finds single parenting easier.
Alo Ceballos/GC Images via Getty ImagesWhen it comes to parenting, the movie star mom has said that splitting the responsibility by co-parenting can be harder than going it alone.
“I mean, Jack has his dad and they’re close, he’ll always have that. But when you’re the only one in the house with the kids, you get to be the one in charge. You’re the one making the rules. There’s no stress because you and some other adult don’t agree on how you want to raise your kids,” she said.
Meg occasionally shares images of Daisy on Instagram.
BG024/Bauer-Griffin/GC Images via Getty ImagesWhile the Sleepless in Seattle star spends little time on social media platforms (she told The New York Times, “Everyone is so happy on social media, it’s depressing”) she does occasionally share rare glimpses of her daughter.
Most recently, Meg posted two black and white images side by side: the first of Daisy as an infant, and another of her now. She simply captioned the post “My girl,” with a red heart emoji. In other throwback photos, Meg shows her daughter swimming, playing instruments, dressing up, and hugging her famous mom.
