Eva Longoria has a lot to be thankful for this holiday. She opened up in this week’s issue of Parade about her sister, opening a new restaurant, & her life with Tony.

On her sister being her Hero: “It’s just in my nature to be cheerful. I don’t try to be that way, but I’ve learned there’s no better medicine than laughing…. Liza is mentally challenged. She was my hero growing up. It was a blessing to watch her overcome every obstacle—tying her shoes, putting on a shirt, getting out the front door. And yet she still had a job and would come home on the bus by herself and help with dinner. You could only imagine the hurdles she encountered every minute of the day. Liza was a role model to get me ready for life in Hollywood. You don’t take health for granted. You don’t take life for granted. It seems so insignificant to go, ‘Darn it, I didn’t get that movie role,’ or, ‘Darn it, so-and-so is wearing the same dress as me to the Emmys.’ I didn’t know there was another way. I thought everyone should be sensitive and somewhat unselfish.”

On letting loose and having fun: “I love to sing and dance because I don’t know how to sing and dance, but I like to pretend that I know how. I don’t go to a lot of parties, which is funny. But no, actually, I just like to pretend I can dance like Jennifer Lopez.”

On her life with Tony: “I feel like the rest of my life is just beginning… even before we became man and wife, Tony and I always had that trust between us that a married couple would have. Every time I think of my wedding, I just smile. I just think what a beautiful man he is. It’s funny, because it’s so cliché for women to say, ‘My wedding was the happiest day of my life.’ But I find myself saying that and thinking, ‘Yes, my wedding was the happiest day of my life so far.’”

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