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How Wynonna Judd Is Keeping Naomi Judd's Memory Alive
Wynonna Judd is keeping her precocious parent Naomi Judd's tone live this vacation season.
The vocalist precocious reflected connected her family's archetypal vacation play without their matriarch, who died by suicide earlier this year, sharing however they program to grant her.
I'm the matriarch now, truthful I've got my Naomi Judd cookbook," Wynonna exclusively told E! News connected the 2022 CMA Awards reddish carpet Nov. 9, "and I'm going to beryllium making the recipes arsenic adjacent to hers arsenic I tin perchance marque them."
The 58-year-old, who made up state duo The Judds with her ma besides shared the traditions Naomi instilled successful her and her sister Ashley Judd, 54.
"She took america retired successful the woods and made america beryllium inactive successful the acold and work america the Christmas communicative astir Jesus," she said, "I utilized to kick astir having to spell to the bath due to the fact that we had truthful overmuch apparel on."
Wynonna continued, "I miss her. I'm going to miss those times. So I'm going to bash it to my grandchildren."
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The vocalist besides spoke of being astatine an grant amusement without her mom, noting that it's a bittersweet thing, telling E! News she feels "a batch of hope" astatine the CMAs. "And yet I'm successful symptom due to the fact that I miss her," she added. "I'm like, you should beryllium here."
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In the months since Naomi's passing successful precocious April, Wynonna and Ashley person been unfastened astir however they've leaned connected 1 different for support. "We some benignant of look astatine each different like, 'I've got you,' right? And we look astatine each different and we say, 'Yeah,'" Wynonna told CBS Sunday Morning successful September. "We're truthful agreed close now. I deliberation much truthful than we person been successful a agelong time."
If you oregon idiosyncratic you cognize needs help, delight telephone the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline astatine 1-800-273-TALK (8255).
