'This Sunday is abruptly, shockingly, my first Mother's Day without my mamma.' -- Ashley Judd
in which she paid tribute to her mother while also championing women's rights and shining the spotlight on the value of motherhood. Ashley opened her essay with,"This Sunday is abruptly, shockingly, my first Mother's Day without my mamma."inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame"It wasn't supposed to be this way," Ashley continued."I was supposed to visit her on Sunday, to give her a box of old-fashioned candy, our family tradition.
"Motherhood should always be a choice," she wrote."Does that sound radical to you? Does that sound like I wish my sister and I hadn't been born? If that's what you think, I will gladly direct my incandescent rage at you." Ashley, who confirmed that"we lost our beautiful mother to the disease of mental illness," said the root of Naomi's mental illness stemmed from"wounds she carried from a lifetime of injustices that started when she was a girl.
Ashley continued,"This Mother’s Day, I choose to honor my mama for the person she was, a mother and so much more. And I ask you to honor your own mother, if you are lucky enough to have her. Honor her for more than her labor and sacrifice. Honor her for her talents and dreams. Honor her by demanding a world where motherhood, everywhere, is safe, healthy – and chosen."This video is unavailable because we were unable to load a message from our sponsors.
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