Ashley Judd pens heartbreaking essay about first Mother’s Day without Naomi

This Mother’s Day is marked by an onslaught of grief and ambivalence for Ashley Judd. The actress channeled her shock and sadness into a moving essay for USA Today Friday, six days after losing her mom, country music star Naomi Judd, in a reported suicide at age 76. Ashley, 54, emphasized from the outset that her heart is “replete with gratitude” for what her mother left behind: “Her nurture and tenderness, her music and memory.” “It wasn’t supposed to be this way,” she wrote. “I was supposed to visit her on Sunday, to give her a box of old-fashioned candy,… Read Full Article