MELISSA GILBERT - I've Never Been HAPPIER

THE LITTLE HOUSE ACTRESS OPENS UP ABOUT HER PEACEFUL NEW LIFE AWAY FROM HOLLYWOOD

- Lisa Chambers, with reporting by Fortune Benatar

I'm a grandmother multiple times over, and I absolutely adore it,” says Melissa Gilbert, whom you probably know best as spunky, pigtailed Laura Ingalls from the classic series Little House on the Prairie. With similar pluck, the 57-year-old actress is embracing her life today. “I am more comfortable in my own skin,” says Melissa, whose auburn locks are showing streaks of gray. “Yeah, I wake up in the morning and my ankles are a little bit stiff and there are parts of my body that are lower than they used to be, but I'm still here. I'm still me, I'm still vital.”