A Mother’s Love Lives On: Legacy, Faith & Family

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When our oldest daughter was getting married, she wanted her dad and her mom to walk her down the aisle, and I couldn't help it.

I was officiating with her, with my husband.

[laughs]

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And so, so PT and his ex-wife, or her mom and dad, are walking her down the aisle, and I'm standing there as the officiant, and I'm thinking to myself, "You know, I'm sure that this is what they dreamed of."

Right.

You know what I mean? When they first got married, no one gets married to get divorced.

They probably thought that they would have this moment together.

And so recognizing that I, you know, our love and life has modified and altered that story, um, it makes me compassionate as well.

Uh, when we went dress shopping for that same daughter, I took picture, I took the picture of them together, and then she goes, "No, we want you in it, too." And so I do think that there's this level of empathy, 'cause I'm like, no one's going dress shopping thinking that their husband's new wife is gonna be with them.

I'm cool.

[laughs]

I'll take the picture.

Too right.

And after I took the picture, she's like, "I want you in it," and so I do think that she has the same compassion that I experience in the children I've seen firsthand from their mother, and I respect that.

Because the compassion and love I experience from her children has made my whole better.

I, I went out and earned a living.

I always was the breadwinner.

Uh, but your mother sat down and paid the bills.

Mm-hmm.

If I had to sit down and pay the bills, nobody would ever get paid.

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You know? I'd have the money saved up in the bank account.

She's good at that.