This is what you call the circle of life.

Eva Mendes opened up about losing her brother Carlos the same week she gave birth to her first child in the newest issue of Latina magazine, and we can't even imagine how hard it must have been.

"Losing my brother brought our family closer, and we were already close to begin with. So to just see everybody be there for one another and show up, I feel so lucky to have them. And then they were there for me when Amada was born," she told the mag.

"We had a funeral service for him and that same week I had the baby. So it was really, really intense and obviously beyond heartbreaking, but also kind of beautiful," she added. The brunette beauty's sibling Carlos, 53, lost his battle with cancer in April, and twelve days later she became a mom for the first time.

These days, Ryan Gosling's actress partner is more focused on parenthood than career, admitting that it would take the right role for her to return to work.

"I’m not sure, but it would definitely take something really special. I don’t like saying, 'take me away,' but essentially that’s what work does. I think it can be very, very healthy if it’s something that feels worthwhile. Right now I feel very fortunate to be home with my kids. I feel so lucky, and I’m just taking advantage of that," she confessed.

The Hitch star and her A-list baby daddy are raising their daughters with an appreciation for her Cuban roots.

"We're constantly playing Cuban music. I speak to them in Spanish, and my mom speaks to Esmeralda in Spanish. Well, now she speaks to both of them in Spanish. Any time I have an opportunity to introduce her or them—I have to say "them" now, though my newborn just sleeps all the time—to my culture, whether it's through music, or through food, I do. That is a main priority, for sure," she revealed.

She's such a strong example of strength!