Jamie Lynn Spears Reacts to Family Photos, Teen Motherhood & 'Zoey 101' with Daughter Maddie — Transcript

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1. 0:00I was so chubby.
2. 0:01>> I mean, it was just like
3. 0:03Michelin man had nothing on her. And I
4. 0:05thought she was the prettiest thing in
5. 0:06the whole world. And she was.
6. 0:08>> My mom would invite anybody in for
7. 0:09sandwiches.
8. 0:10>> She was just like, "Y'all come on in and
9. 0:12have a sweet tea. This is Britney's
10. 0:13room."
11. 0:14>> I love going on set and it's really cool
12. 0:17to watch her do what she loves.
13. 0:19>> That was a day that I thought I'd lost
14. 0:20my daughter and God gave her back to me
15. 0:23and that's just the truth of the matter.
16. 0:24I don't get to ask for anything else in
17. 0:25life because I got the biggest blessing.
18. 0:27>> [snorts]
19. 0:28>> Oh, look at my mom. Isn't she beautiful?
20. 0:30>> She's so pretty.
21. 0:31>> Everything we did, I was kind of like
22. 0:33Ivey in that sense. I just thought like
23. 0:34we're all everything we're doing is
24. 0:35because of me. Um this was just a
25. 0:38typical like childhood for me. Like I
26. 0:39got to be around all the kids, all the
27. 0:41girls, all the family and
28. 0:44spoiled rotten. And we just got to do
29. 0:46all the fun things. I was just like the
30. 0:47tag along. Kind of like Ivey is with you
31. 0:48and your friends.
32. 0:49>> Yeah.
33. 0:50>> And my mom made everything really fun.
34. 0:51Look how cute she is.
35. 0:52>> You have to understand, I grew up and
36. 0:54like we were in the Mickey Mouse Club.
37. 0:55Like my life was always basically we all
38. 0:57sang, we all danced. It was kind of one
39. 0:59of those like family of entertainers.
40. 1:01So, it was never bizarre to me that we
41. 1:03were singing and dancing and that was
42. 1:04just something we did. And then one time
43. 1:06they came and did a photo shoot at my
44. 1:07school and we all got to get out of
45. 1:09class and go be part of the photo shoot
46. 1:11and I was like, "Yeah,
47. 1:12something's happening here and I really
48. 1:14like it." I do remember thinking that
49. 1:16was really cool, but that's when I
50. 1:18noticed and then like my mom like people
51. 1:20would come drive by our house. My mom
52. 1:21would invite anybody in for sandwiches
53. 1:23and I remember one time it was a little
54. 1:25scary and I was like, "Yeah, things have
55. 1:26changed." And you know, you don't invite
56. 1:28every stranger into your house and feed
57. 1:30them.
58. 1:30>> She was just like, "Oh, that's so great,
59. 1:32y'all. Y'all come on in and have a sweet
60. 1:34tea. This is Britney's room. This is
61. 1:36Jamie Lynn's. Jamie Lynn didn't have a
62. 1:37room, but she shares with her." She's
63. 1:38just like,
64. 1:39>> "Mom, enough. They know exactly where to
65. 1:40come get us."
66. 1:43>> Crossroads was a lot of fun. We're
67. 1:45digging up a time capsule here.
68. 1:47>> Let's be best friends forever. We love
69. 1:50>> I don't think I've ever actually watched
70. 1:51the movie.
71. 1:52>> I don't think you've ever seen the
72. 1:52movie. It's a great movie. You really
73. 1:54should watch it.
74. 1:55>> like we'll watch it. I don't know. It's
75. 1:57kind of weird. Like I never watch
76. 1:59anything really that anybody's doing.
77. 2:01>> were in the Zoey movie. Did you watch
78. 2:02it?
79. 2:03>> And like I like hate watching myself.
80. 2:05Like it was really cool experience like
81. 2:07watching myself and like
82. 2:08>> But yeah. I don't know. This was like
83. 2:10really fun cuz it was like obviously a
84. 2:11movie and stuff. And I think my friend
85. 2:13Krystal, there was us three and then
86. 2:15there was my friend Krystal actually
87. 2:16played the other person. I remember
88. 2:19always just never thinking of anything
89. 2:21other than I want to act. I want to I
90. 2:22really wanted to act so much like there
91. 2:24was church playings and different things
92. 2:25like that that you know anything they
93. 2:27would let me be in I would be in. And I
94. 2:30mean commercials, every everything I
95. 2:32would try out for it. It did not matter.
96. 2:33I was like, "Mom, please please please
97. 2:35just let me go try out for it." And then
98. 2:36finally I got a Clorox commercial and I
99. 2:38was like, "Well, I've made it. Like
100. 2:40This is the big time." That kind of led
101. 2:43to me be on All That and then go into
102. 2:44Zoey and those other moments. But I was
103. 2:46think I was kind of a brat on Crossroads
104. 2:48because like they made me wear like
105. 2:50these older clothes and I'd be like, "I
106. 2:52look so stupid." I kept Mom was like,
107. 2:53"You're going back in time. It's a part
108. 2:55of the character." That was like the
109. 2:56first harsh lesson I had of me like,
110. 2:57"You're playing a character. You're not
111. 2:59even speaking. You're just um digging up
112. 3:01a box." So that was one of those
113. 3:03learning moments. Thank God I learned
114. 3:04there.
115. 3:06You got to meet a lot of these people
116. 3:07when we did the the reboot. This was uh
117. 3:11I can remember this day very much in
118. 3:13teen form. I remember I hated
119. 3:15everything. And I was like, "I don't
120. 3:16want to take one more photo." You know,
121. 3:17teenagers were always the worst version
122. 3:19of ourselves in our eyes.
123. 3:20And now I'm like, "Look how cute we
124. 3:22were." We were all really cute. I love
125. 3:24everyone on this cast. Everyone's so
126. 3:26sweet and I just look back on this time
127. 3:28as like just like a fun time that I got
128. 3:30to do something that's special that
129. 3:31people still love.
130. 3:32>> I'm a nuisance in here.
131. 3:33>> Cool. Yeah, I I think it's great that uh
132. 3:35PCA is finally letting in girls and uh
133. 3:38you probably did too being being a girl
134. 3:40and all. No offense.
135. 3:42>> It's okay. I'm used to it. Been a girl
136. 3:44my whole life.
137. 3:45>> Whenever I was on All That, they had I
138. 3:48guess kind of like Amanda Bynes had done
139. 3:50at the time and somebody I really looked
140. 3:51up to like they kind of decided we would
141. 3:53love to create a show with you. They
142. 3:55didn't really have some idea hard locked
143. 3:57in and so that allowed me some input
144. 3:59which was
145. 4:00at that time I was very much a tomboy. I
146. 4:02was going through a big tomboy stage and
147. 4:04I wanted her to play sports. I didn't
148. 4:06want it to be like the girls and the
149. 4:08boys. I really wanted her to have the
150. 4:09strong sense of self and one of the
151. 4:12first episodes is that it's an all boys
152. 4:13school and we come in and not only do we
153. 4:15come in but we have our own basketball
154. 4:17team and kind of about girls like
155. 4:19creating their own space in the world
156. 4:20and even at that age was important to me
157. 4:22and they let me do that which is wow,
158. 4:24what were they thinking?
159. 4:24>> Are you seriously going to put a girl on
160. 4:26our team?
161. 4:27>> Hey, you catch on quick for a guy.
162. 4:32Bye teammates.
163. 4:33>> I've tried to watch it. The show is good
164. 4:36but I've just never I get weird like
165. 4:39it's really cool going on set watching
166. 4:41her do everything but watching her on TV
167. 4:43I kind of just would rather not.
168. 4:44[laughter]
169. 4:46But Ivy loves watching it and she has it
170. 4:49on in the house all the time. I'm like,
171. 4:51this is a little weird.
172. 4:52>> And I do find it awkward like the when
173. 4:53my little girl is watching it and I'm
174. 4:54like it would be very strange if you
175. 4:56were to come into my home and you see
176. 4:58that like my children are watching my
177. 4:59show. Like don't you think that's a I'm
178. 5:00like can we not do this? Can we not
179. 5:02watch the show?
180. 5:03And it was also confusing for her
181. 5:05because she thought like we'd sit down
182. 5:06I'd go have lunch with her and her
183. 5:07friends and Ivy would be like, "Mom,
184. 5:09tell me about the time that you had the
185. 5:10bowling ball dropped on you." And I'm
186. 5:11like, "What are you doing?" Like she's
187. 5:12making this up. It was on Zoey so she
188. 5:14thought like that was my real life
189. 5:16childhood. So she's like wanting me to
190. 5:18tell them all these stories. I'm like, I
191. 5:18don't and I didn't even remember half of
192. 5:20them. So it's probably better you didn't
193. 5:22like watch it cuz it did
194. 5:24Ivy probably thinks that my life is very
195. 5:25different than what it [laughter]
196. 5:26actually is.
197. 5:29Look at your chubby little face.
198. 5:30>> I was so chubby. Oh my goodness. Look at
199. 5:32my wrist.
200. 5:33>> She had what we like to call the
201. 5:34screw-on wrist. I mean I'm telling you
202. 5:36the doctors were like she is very large.
203. 5:39She was the large like she was just I
204. 5:40mean it was just like
205. 5:42Michelin man had nothing on her and I
206. 5:44thought she was the prettiest thing in
207. 5:46the whole world And she was, and she
208. 5:48was. But she was just my chubby little
209. 5:50girl.
210. 5:50>> Whenever I became pregnant, that was the
211. 5:53first time that I was like, "Oh my gosh,
212. 5:54this is a real-life decision. This isn't
213. 5:56just some like work decision I'm
214. 5:57making." And I was already scared. And I
215. 6:00knew how embarrassed and like unideal
216. 6:03this was for everyone involved,
217. 6:04including my family. So, to have that
218. 6:07decision be so scrutinized, which I
219. 6:09wasn't telling anybody what they should
220. 6:11or shouldn't do with their body. I was
221. 6:12just saying, "This is what I have to do
222. 6:13for me. This is what I want to do." And
223. 6:15so, I made a choice and I was, you know,
224. 6:17called
225. 6:19the biggest
226. 6:21you know, the biggest
227. 6:23letdown in the world. And it was all I
228. 6:24mean, it was on the every big news
229. 6:26station, everywhere I went. And I was
230. 6:27like, "Okay, thanks, guys. I know. Can
231. 6:29you not?" And that would never fly
232. 6:31today. Like, people would be
233. 6:33absolutely, you know, canceled for
234. 6:35saying those things. But at the time, it
235. 6:37just is that was the time we were living
236. 6:38in. And then, while I was pregnant, I
237. 6:40just came in as you can tell, I moved to
238. 6:41the middle of nowhere, but actually
239. 6:42Mississippi, even in the further middle
240. 6:44of nowhere, cuz I didn't want to be
241. 6:45around
242. 6:46the paparazzi and that stuff. And that
243. 6:47didn't stop. They still There was at
244. 6:49least like 15 to 20 paparazzi followed
245. 6:51me everywhere I went. In the middle of
246. 6:53nowhere.
247. 6:54And I'll be honest with you, it just
248. 6:55kind of like made it more clear like
249. 6:57what I wanted to do. And an innocent
250. 7:00child being brought into the world,
251. 7:01whether she knows it or not, we should
252. 7:02have some care about like what we're
253. 7:04saying about the future of other
254. 7:06people's, you know, children. And to me,
255. 7:08that was important that I wanted her to
256. 7:11have a mom she was proud of. I wanted to
257. 7:12make sure that it wasn't her fault that
258. 7:15she got, you know, a mom who was 16 and
259. 7:17pregnant. So, I wanted to make sure I
260. 7:19did everything right. And so, I just
261. 7:20tried to keep making the right decision,
262. 7:22right decision, because hopefully it
263. 7:23would make up for
264. 7:24all these other ones that people said
265. 7:26that weren't true, but those are going
266. 7:28to live on forever. I mean, today, I
267. 7:30mean
268. 7:31TikTok comments. Really. And we're able
269. 7:34to laugh at them, but you know, think if
270. 7:36those things were true. Like, it
271. 7:37probably would really hurt her, you
272. 7:38know? So, her TikToks every
273. 7:40>> My TikTok is all like, "You're the
274. 7:42reasons I want a one ever. I can't
275. 7:44believe you're in my show." And and I'm
276. 7:46like, "Guys, like if only you knew."
277. 7:48>> Honestly, she laughs about it. Some of
278. 7:49the comments are so funny.
279. 7:52As you could tell, like she was my
280. 7:53world. This is back before we took
281. 7:54everything on iPhones. Like we'd have to
282. 7:56get pictures done every year, you know,
283. 7:57for Christmas. That was our thing. And
284. 7:59it was just really me and her. I learned
285. 8:02a lot about just being okay with being
286. 8:04by myself. And really she was just She
287. 8:07made everything easy because like I knew
288. 8:09what I was doing it for, I guess you
289. 8:10could say. And I'm sure I did a lot of
290. 8:12dumb things as like being a young mom
291. 8:14that thank God we didn't have as much
292. 8:15social media as we do now. But it was
293. 8:18one of those times where I just feel
294. 8:19like I grew up, like I had to grow up.
295. 8:21And maybe I never would have if I didn't
296. 8:22have her.
297. 8:23You know, kind of the one being like,
298. 8:25"Look, you this little girl needs you.
299. 8:27Like you better figure this out." Do you
300. 8:29remember anything about these pictures?
301. 8:30>> I do not remember that at all.
302. 8:31>> It's probably for the better.
303. 8:32>> But I love that picture. I think it's so
304. 8:33cute.
305. 8:34>> I remember this little Ralph Lauren
306. 8:35dress. It was like a little vintage one
307. 8:37that I thought was so cute. And I was
308. 8:38like, "We have to take all the
309. 8:39pictures."
310. 8:39>> Growing up, I got to experience so many
311. 8:42cool things. And like I realized it was
312. 8:45a bunch of opportunities that maybe
313. 8:46other people wouldn't get. And
314. 8:49to me it always just seemed normal. She
315. 8:51did a really good job of like giving me
316. 8:53like a normal childhood. I never felt
317. 8:55different or anything.
318. 8:57>> Well, she had like That was a point I
319. 9:00feel like I overdid it in some ways cuz
320. 9:01I wanted her to have such a normal
321. 9:02childhood. Sometimes I probably over
322. 9:05extended that. But she did think like
323. 9:07all pop stars were her aunts. So that
324. 9:09was
325. 9:10>> I [laughter] just think that.
326. 9:11>> She was like, "Aunt Gaga, Aunt Rihanna."
327. 9:13I was like, "No, no, no, no. It's not
328. 9:15It's not how it works."
329. 9:16>> I remember one time like passing her in
330. 9:18the hallway. And I was kind of like,
331. 9:20"Why Why didn't she talk to me?" Like
332. 9:22>> [laughter]
333. 9:22>> That's my aunt. Like
334. 9:26>> Yeah. [gasps]
335. 9:27You know, cuz you go to these different
336. 9:28events and award shows. Like we're just
337. 9:29like in the back there like in our
338. 9:30T-shirt and stuff. And I'm sure like
339. 9:31she's like offended that every pop star
340. 9:34is not like stopping by to see their
341. 9:35niece, for goodness' sakes. So,
342. 9:37"You don't know those people. They don't
343. 9:38know you."
344. 9:39>> It was like kind of those cute moments
345. 9:40that happened, but too, she was born
346. 9:42with, you know, everyone knowing who her
347. 9:43family is.
348. 9:45As to where I grew up where there I do
349. 9:46remember a transition, and she kind of
350. 9:48just was born into it. So, there wasn't
351. 9:49anything odd about it cuz it's pretty
352. 9:51much all she's ever known.
353. 9:53>> This was when we moved to Children's
354. 9:55Hospital. So, at first, we were in like
355. 9:56a level one trauma. They only have a
356. 9:58couple of those in Louisiana. So, like
357. 9:59that was very serious. But, the tubes
358. 10:01had come out here and stuff. And so, she
359. 10:02was breathing on her own, but she was
360. 10:05she was a little bit out of her mind.
361. 10:07And so, this was the time where I was
362. 10:09like, "Okay, this is my baby girl now."
363. 10:11Like I didn't care. She didn't recognize
364. 10:13me at first. And then she recognized
365. 10:15other people, and I was like,
366. 10:16I remember going to the bathroom crying.
367. 10:17I was like, "Okay,
368. 10:18like it's fine.
369. 10:19>> It's fine that mom was Carrie Underwood
370. 10:21when I was
371. 10:21>> Yeah, she did. She asked me like, "Why
372. 10:23is Carrie Underwood here?" Like was one
373. 10:25of her questions. I was like,
374. 10:27But, she also was like, "Why is it
375. 10:28raining apples outside?" So, we were a
376. 10:29little like, "Okay." You know, that was
377. 10:31a day that I thought I'd lost my
378. 10:33daughter. And then God gave her back to
379. 10:35me, and that's just the truth of the
380. 10:37matter. When we heard that they got a
381. 10:38pulse, that was the most sweetest words
382. 10:41I'd ever heard. And so, you think back
383. 10:43to that moment and how tragic that was,
384. 10:45how you go from the worst thing you
385. 10:47could ever feel as a person to the best
386. 10:49thing you could ever feel as a person.
387. 10:51Everything kind of shifts in
388. 10:52perspective. And
389. 10:53then on top of it, not only I didn't
390. 10:55care how God gave her to me. I just was
391. 10:57so happy to have her.
392. 10:59But, how in the world did he give her
393. 11:00back? And then he gave her back in a way
394. 11:02that like she's succeeding. She's
395. 11:03beautiful. She's kind. She's smart. I
396. 11:06feel like I don't get to ask for
397. 11:07anything else in life because I got the
398. 11:09biggest blessing. And I just think it
399. 11:10puts it into perspective like just the
400. 11:12baseline of having a healthy child is
401. 11:14really the biggest gift. And everything
402. 11:16on top of that is like, "Wow, what what
403. 11:18in the world? How did I get so lucky?"
404. 11:21And I think that's where it shifts. You
405. 11:22know, you start to think about what
406. 11:23really matters. And obviously, for her,
407. 11:25she's strong. She's a fighter.
408. 11:27And
409. 11:28I think that she just needs to remember
410. 11:30like out against all odds this baby girl
411. 11:32fought to be here and she's here.
412. 11:34>> I don't remember anything from the
413. 11:35accident
414. 11:37but you know, seeing like everything I
415. 11:39put my family through and everything was
416. 11:42like I felt guilty. I was like I'm so
417. 11:43sorry.
418. 11:44>> I saved you. She would feel guilty. Like
419. 11:45how could you feel guilty?
420. 11:47>> Yeah, it definitely like
421. 11:50I feel like for everybody like our faith
422. 11:52like we got a lot stronger in our faith
423. 11:54and everything.
424. 11:55>> And
425. 11:56in the end I think it positive such a
426. 11:59negative experience affected us
427. 12:01positively.
428. 12:02>> Yeah, it did. I did I definitely like
429. 12:04grew in my faith and also too
430. 12:07whenever she was in a coma and stuff and
431. 12:09she was in the hospital I would like she
432. 12:11had been begging me for a little
433. 12:12sibling.
434. 12:13>> Yeah.
435. 12:13>> And so I was like I'm I mean you're
436. 12:15bargaining with God. You're like you're
437. 12:16whatever take my arm, take my leg. I
438. 12:18don't care. Just give me my baby back. I
439. 12:20was like I'll have a baby. I'll have
440. 12:22whatever you want. And so when she came
441. 12:23out of her coma like a few days later
442. 12:25she's like you're going to give me that
443. 12:26baby? And I was like
444. 12:28He's already calling it in. He's already
445. 12:30calling it in. And so um about three or
446. 12:33four months later I got pregnant with
447. 12:34Ivy. So we always say she just went up
448. 12:36to heaven to go pick out her little
449. 12:37sister.
450. 12:40>> She was so little.
451. 12:41>> And look at she came out with this dark
452. 12:42brown hair.
453. 12:42>> Full head of hair.
454. 12:43>> Full head of hair, dark hair. My mom was
455. 12:45so proud. She's like I finally got my
456. 12:47grand baby with the black hair like
457. 12:49mine.
458. 12:50And then she went immediately to blonde
459. 12:52curly hair.
460. 12:53>> This was like our first like cute little
461. 12:54family photo
462. 12:56after I
463. 12:57had my little Ivy. Look at her. Look at
464. 12:59you.
465. 13:00>> I I always say like forget my husband I
466. 13:02couldn't have done it without her. Like
467. 13:03she's the sweetest big sister, the best
468. 13:05example, so helpful.
469. 13:07I don't have to tell Maddie to do the
470. 13:08right thing and so that just really
471. 13:10helps. Like Ivy needs that example in
472. 13:11her life. Like at her one of her like
473. 13:14kindergarten grad and maybe it wasn't
474. 13:15kindergarten it was Montessori
475. 13:16graduation and everyone like comes
476. 13:18across the big screen up top. You know,
477. 13:19you don't know what your kids going to
478. 13:21say and everybody is like you know, what
479. 13:23do you want to be when you grow up and
480. 13:24all the kids are like police officer,
481. 13:25fireman and it comes across the Ivy's
482. 13:28and it's movie star. I was like,
483. 13:30cuz like people probably think I asked
484. 13:32her to do that or something, but no.
485. 13:33That's what she says she wants to do,
486. 13:34but we'll see.
487. 13:36Let her enjoy it.
488. 13:37>> to be a rapper.
489. 13:39>> What?
490. 13:39>> Yeah.
491. 13:40>> A rapper?
492. 13:41>> She told me [snorts and laughter] that
493. 13:42the other day.
494. 13:43And I was like
495. 13:44>> Okay, guys, this is new. This is a
496. 13:46developing story.
497. 13:49This is about Sweet Magnolias family.
498. 13:50They're the best family. They really
499. 13:52are. Like I love every single person in
500. 13:54this picture.
501. 13:55And my little girl Becks on the show,
502. 13:57well, she's actually a twin, so I get to
503. 13:59have I'm like I have my own real life
504. 14:01Mary-Kate Nashly and they're precious.
505. 14:03>> I love going on set. It's It's such like
506. 14:06It's almost like a big family. Like
507. 14:08everyone's so sweet. And it's really
508. 14:10cool to watch her do what she loves.
509. 14:12>> People say they'll tell me, "Oh, we're
510. 14:13like a family on set." No, like we
511. 14:14really are.
512. 14:15>> They really are.
513. 14:16>> Thanks to all four of you for helping me
514. 14:18become the woman I dreamed of being when
515. 14:20I first arrived in Serenity.
516. 14:21>> Sweet Magnolias has been the biggest
517. 14:23blessing in my life. It was a job that I
518. 14:25got. I was actually in Netflix meeting
519. 14:26about something different. I sat down
520. 14:28and one of the producers like, "Would
521. 14:29you possibly want to read for this show?
522. 14:30It's not the main character." I was
523. 14:31like, "Yeah, sure. Like I love I love
524. 14:34any reason to get back to acting."
525. 14:36And I read for Noreen. It was a perfect
526. 14:39fit. It was supposed to be a one season
527. 14:40character and the show was hugely
528. 14:43successful. I guess during the COVID it
529. 14:45was kind of during that time and and I
530. 14:47got to
531. 14:48really get back into doing what I loved,
532. 14:50but with the best group of people, the
533. 14:52best environment for families. Everyone
534. 14:55has kids. There's like so many of us, so
535. 14:57like the shooting schedule we might
536. 14:58shoot for four or five months, but I get
537. 15:00to go to Atlanta maybe for two days and
538. 15:02I can come back home for three days. The
539. 15:03shooting schedule is very different, so
540. 15:04I'm able to be really present with my
541. 15:07kids, but also doing a job that I love
542. 15:10and provides for my family. It's truly
543. 15:11the coolest thing to be a part of and
544. 15:13like Joe and everyone has just become
545. 15:15like some of my closest friends, so it's
546. 15:17like the best job in the world and I
547. 15:18just love that people love it because
548. 15:20they allow me to do this job, which is
549. 15:22kind of unbelievable.
550. 15:25The funny thing about this photo is that
551. 15:26she's holding her diploma here, but I
552. 15:27did not take a photo singularly of like
553. 15:31her with her diploma. Didn't they do it
554. 15:32at school?
555. 15:33>> Yes, they did.
556. 15:34>> Okay. So, that was the one thing I kept
557. 15:36trying to like use AI to like put her
558. 15:37diploma in there, but this is a real
559. 15:39photo of us actually. Very proud moment.
560. 15:41You can't really see the display that I
561. 15:42worked on very hard back there. Did that
562. 15:44for about 2 or 3 days, me and other
563. 15:46moms. But yeah, it was a really special
564. 15:48moment. I was so proud. It It's like
565. 15:49you're watching a movie when you're
566. 15:50watching your kid graduate. Cuz I'm like
567. 15:53you see all these things in a movie and
568. 15:54like this is what's supposed to happen,
569. 15:56but then when it's really you, it's
570. 15:57almost like you're in like some type of
571. 15:59animation of your own life cuz you're
572. 16:00like my kid's really doing the thing
573. 16:02like they're supposed to do and you're
574. 16:03so proud, but it's a surreal moment. I
575. 16:05mean, I don't know for you, you were
576. 16:06just like ready to go hang out with your
577. 16:08friends, but
578. 16:08>> It definitely like hasn't hit me that I
579. 16:10graduated. I don't think it'll hit me
580. 16:12until I go to college, but I do agree,
581. 16:15it feels kind of surreal.
582. 16:16>> Senior year, there's a lot of these
583. 16:18little moments that you don't think are
584. 16:19important, but they're big moments. And
585. 16:20so,
586. 16:21I guess maybe selfishly because I didn't
587. 16:23have a normal senior year and I never
588. 16:25really had a normal school years
589. 16:27experience. I wanted to just be there
590. 16:29and be present. And she got voted on
591. 16:31homecoming court and I got to like do
592. 16:32all these very stereotypical like senior
593. 16:34mom-daughter things that some people
594. 16:36might laugh at, but it was so special to
595. 16:38me. I got to really have those moments
596. 16:40with her and it was just kind of like
597. 16:41watching a movie of my life, but I'm so
598. 16:43glad I took the time off to kind of just
599. 16:45really be there, be present for her
600. 16:46senior year. And it made me proud to be
601. 16:48like, "My daughter's doing all these
602. 16:49things and I get to kind of have like
603. 16:51that bragging right of being like I get
604. 16:53to be a part of it." And maybe there was
605. 16:55like the little girl in me being like,
606. 16:56"I didn't get to do any of this. This is
607. 16:57really, really cool."
608. 17:03It is a really fun chapter for us, but
609. 17:05it's also kind of
610. 17:07I I keep saying bittersweet because
611. 17:09you're so proud of her and everything
612. 17:11she's done, she's accomplished. I mean,
613. 17:12she's going to go play ball in college
614. 17:14and academically she's done very well,
615. 17:16but I'm also just kind of like
616. 17:18not having your baby at home every day
617. 17:20cuz she's always been my baby. So I'm
618. 17:21just
619. 17:22I'm excited, but I'm just like I like
620. 17:24also I just cried in the car. That's
621. 17:25pretty much it.
622. 17:27>> Definitely going to be an adjustment
623. 17:28being away from home, but I'm very
624. 17:30excited to play softball and be on my
625. 17:32own as well. Never forget like family's
626. 17:35most important like we're always going
627. 17:37to be here and no matter what happens,
628. 17:39you know, we'll always have each other's
629. 17:41back.
630. 17:42>> I don't want you to ever forget that you
631. 17:43are quite literally
632. 17:45so special. God has you here for a
633. 17:47reason.
634. 17:48And you are the strongest person I know.
635. 17:50There is not one thing you should be
636. 17:51afraid of on this earth. Because you
637. 17:53made me strong because you're so strong.
638. 17:55So don't forget that. Anybody comes for
639. 17:57you just look at them and be like no,
640. 17:58no, no. My mom said I was strong. So
641. 18:00bye.