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The Judds
Naomi and Wynnona support music schools for kids.
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Last night of their tour, Wynonna and Naomi perform an emotional song together.
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After almost 6 weeks of constant in-your-face togetherness, the therapy tour came to a close. Both Naomi and Wynonna took a moment to look back and appreciate the time they together, but worry about what lies ahead. Naomi realized the tour had been “transformative” for her and Wy. Closer and less judgmental, the Judds seemed to have really used this time to heal. However, Wynonna feared she may lose this closeness with her mom now that they are done touring.
In a session with Ted, Wynonna share what she had learned…“how many years we’ve wanted to be right rather than be loved and now we want to be loved”. Ted acknowledged they were changing the Judd’s legacy…”changed the direction of how this family is moving.” He helped them realize so much…that “you’re not responsible for what you don’t know, but once you do, you are”. As we watched mother and daughter, there was a lightness and a peacefulness that hadn’t been seen in the past episodes. It was as if they had their “O” moments and it clicked.
In this final episode, Wynonna presented a song to her mother, “Love It Out Loud”. Her and Cactus Moser, her boyfriend and fellow musician, had worked on it for some time and she wanted to give it to her as a “love offering”. In doing so, Wynonna fought back her feelings of insecurity with singing such a vulnerable and personal song. With Cactus and his mom, Bev, joining the posse this week, the timing was perfect. With love flowing all around, Wy was ready to say “I love you…the Wynonna way”. Of course, OWN timed it just right…airing it on Mother’s Day!
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The Judds poured it all out on the floor yet still had an ocean of hurt inside. This week’s show opened as Naomi talked about a conversation she had with Ashley. Feeling defensive, Naomi couldn’t stop trying to explain herself when all Ashley seemed to want was her mother to listen to her OWN truth. However, Naomi was so caught up in her own shame that she was unable to be there for her daughter.
Throughout this series, these women have no problem finding their voices….the problem has always been that they have trouble being heard! With Ashley’s book and the tour with Wynonna crashing all around her, reality hit Naomi…she wasn’t proud of the parent she had been to her children and that the whole world may judge her for it. Wynonna found herself once again trying to comfort her mother as Naomi shared that she knew Ashley was only speaking the truth. Unfortunately, it appeared to be too much truth for Naomi to take.
Although we aren’t sure how deep the pain goes, it’s clear Wynonna still had a barrier up and didn’t feel safe talking about it with her mother. She did share that her and her sister, Ashley, were left alone up to 12 hours a day without food. It wasn’t safe and it wasn’t good. “I don’t know Ashley’s full story, but I do know there has to be a cost for her because I know what I experienced”. Wynonna has her own issues with her mother and sister…being that it was Ashley who blurted out the devastating family secret that Wynonna’s father wasn’t her biological father when Wy was 30. Wynonna had lived her life with everyone knowing the secret but her. As the youngest of 3 sisters, I could only imagine that Wynonna’s world had been turned upside down. The people she trusted most suddenly felt like strangers…feeling as if they had a whole secret life without her.
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