Kate Walsh enjoying her freedom

My Mother used to say "If you can't say something nice, don't say anything at all!    I would like to say something nice about Kate Walsh.   I think she is very talented.  I enjoyed her on Grey's Anatomy and also on Private Practice.  I hope after her much needed "Vacation" she will appear in another show.  I would like to ask everyone who commented on her finally leaving acting for a while, that "when your vacation time comes at your job, do you say "Oh No!  I want to keep working?"  There is definitely more to life than that! 

Mark I agree that's one hell of a jail. I'd gladly work there 100+ hr weeks if I could... . even one yr. would set me up for life.

 And Denise is correct -- jealousy & bitterness will consume you, but who is jealous or bitter? I admire Kate Walsh and many of her colleagues.

My dearest friend at 16 yrs. worked as an au pair to help her widowed mom with college tuition, had scholarships to ivy league universities for graduate studies,  worked in "prestigious"  positions --- might this also be considered accomplishments? But this couple has not been immune to the cost of "pre-existing" conditions, Alzheimer's care for elderly parents ( $7 to 10,000/month),& other situations beyond their control that have made them "marginal". Indeed in less than a decade over $500,000 of their hard earned retirement funds went in the pockets of insurance companies & others in the medical establishment . That amount wouldn't put a dent in the savings of a successful actor, but it keeps others working way into retirement yrs. And the stress is killing.

I am sure Kate Walsh did not mean to sound an ingrate. It would have been better had she mentioned she's grateful to have had the good luck to be gainfully employed so many yrs. as an actor. I am sure her comments were made in a light hearted manner.

The issue here is more important than how Kate Walsh appeared in an interview. It's about a system that disproportionately rewards some while others as hard working -- some  making tremendous contributions (not referring to myself ) in medical & scientific research, others saving lives as your local rescue squad, teachers, nurses, those who work with special needs children & or adults, etc.. Some lack deserved recognition, but more importantly many in their retirement yrs are living below the designated U.S. poverty guidelines (& many during their younger yrs).

Denise. I do not think looking in the mirror can help a baby boomer couple who have been bankrupt by the US healthcare/insurance​ companies. If there is any serious message here beside a radiant Ms. Walsh enjoying a stint of hard work coming to an end, than it's the growing divide of the wealthy , the dying out middle class & the growing # of  poor in this country.

I think that you used a bad choice of words. Work is what makes the world go round, without it we are lost. I understand that you needed a break but to say it was jail try buying house without having had a job. Just be greatful that you had it and are looking for another.