In announcing their mother’s death, Ashley and Wynonna said they lost their mother “to the disease of mental illness.” Ashley expanded on that Saturday, writing the illness stemmed “by the wounds she carried from a lifetime of injustices that started when she was a girl.”
In addition to writing about her own mother, Ashley also examined motherhood in general, and — following the leak of the Supreme Court’s— women’s rights. “Motherhood should always be a choice,” she continued. “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 concluded her op-ed with a tribute to her mother. “My mama was a legend. She was an artist and a storyteller, but she had to fight like hell to overcome the hand she was dealt, to earn her place in history. She shouldn’t have had to fight that hard to share her gifts with the world,” she wrote.
“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.”
Her Mama may have been a legend but my Papa was a rolling stone
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