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Ashley Judd Instagram - Reflecting on small bits of beauty from this summer.
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Ashley Judd Instagram - My mother died by suicide more than a year ago. Since that horrific day, my family has been faced with certain media publishing photos and video of her death — images that have complicated and compounded our lifelong grief. During #NationalSuicidePreventionWeek, I’m recommitting to fight for laws that protect privacy of families ravaged by death by suicide, and for more resonsible reporting from the press about the mental illness that drives people to such a drastic measure. It is neither ethical nor decent to publish the kind of invasive details about death by suicide that appeared in print and on the internet after my mother’s death. All reporting on suicide needs to be medically accurate, evidence-based, cautious about contagions that activate and increase further self-harm ideation in readers and viewers, and informed by the guidelines established by @afspnational Thank you, National Press Club, for the podium. @pressclubdc

Ashley Judd Instagram - Y’all are so awesome for cheering me on, and I notice how often you ask about my leg and foot recovery. That accident in DRC was hellacious to a factor of 10. I remain grateful to my siblings there who saved my life and encouraged my spirit as I was carried out of the depths of the second lung of the planet for 67 hours to get medical attention and that first pain medicine.

It’s been a long journey to full recovery: I have had a parasite (gone now, and featured, thank you, in the New England Journal of Medicine, so exotic was it), mono, big weight gain, and now loss, finally a diagnosis of a sleepiness sleep disorder (I now know why I always napped over lunch on movie sets!), and more! Every day, I am profoundly grateful for SAG/AFTRA union insurance & my healthcare team. Saved my leg, saved my life.

Now, I add PT & Functional Strength Trainer Maggie Mullins to that crack team! We are addressing that once-paralyzed nerve and nearly amputated leg in order to add more technical hiking to my abilities: uneven terrain with loose rocks and carrying a big heavy backpack again. Being able to load my right knee sideways, power up off my right foot, do sideways agility, reverse lunges on stairs holding uneven weights…miracles, all. And, sit cross-legged! I was not supposed to be able to do that ever again! The balancing is just incredible. She’ll have me pause mid-air and turn my head to each side: “Look at the bear!” And I can do it.

When I had my nerve conduction study in 2021, the Doctor said, “I do not know that this foot will ever move again.” To that dude….watch this.

I am realistic, so of course, I feel a little intimidated by Yellowstone National Park. And, I am enthralled by Yellowstone National Park. Yellowstone, I am excited to meet you!

Ashley Judd Instagram - My beloved Pop and I are chasms apart politically (Mom was, too, although secretly, she could be pretty radical! Shhhhh!).

Pop is way over yonder, and I am way out in left field!

And yet, in this conversation—on the day I published my essay in USA Today excoriating his presidential candidate (he actually sat with me as I wrote that essay yesterday, out here on our back porch, we are living together this summer)—we visited about our joyful commitment never to allow anything to come between us:
Not Donald Trump.

Not Joe Biden.

Not even my Nasty Women Poem at the Women’s March.

Not even his position on….everything?

Or my positions on….anything?

We hope you will listen in.

We are so aware so many American families are riven by their different takes on where America should go, and how to get there.

We are so grateful we, years ago, found our way after finally giving up on trying to change//convert//scorn each other to being in a different story.

A story of cherishing every day together, caring for each other in deed and word, being very intentional about making more memories together, and expanding the values we do have in common, such as:
Family matters. Our shared past is hallowed ground. You are uniquely special in my life story and heart. And I stand with you and by you.

Presidential candidates come and go. Every four years, it seems.

Our affection and love is permanent, and we live it together on a daily basis.

(Hey. Since we are living together, maybe we can put up yard signs in our yard? Side by side?)

(PS Sister is on the road with her concert touring, or she would be in this video with us. She blesses this conversation!)

(PPS: Ever wonder if you ran for office if your opposing family would vote for you? Pop answers that question in the video.)

Ashley Judd Instagram - We are frustrated, sad, and heartbroken that NY overturned Harvey Weinstein’s conviction.

We are devastated for the survivors of Harvey Weinstein and survivors everywhere who have ever bravely testified in pursuit of justice. Survivors deserve better.

Thank you @ashley_judd for your fight and @jodikantor for your tenacious reporting.

Sending love to all the survivors out there reading this news. We believe you, we are #HereForYou, and we will fight for you.

☎️💬 RAINN and the National Sexual Assault Hotline is here for survivors and their loved ones 24/7 at 800.656.HOPE (4673) or online.rainn.org in English and rainn.org/es in Spanish.

🎥 : @cbsmornings

#SAAPM #SAAM #HereForYou #SupportSurvivors #MeToo

Ashley Judd Instagram - Entire speech is on my Facebook. This week I spoke at #CGI2023 to talk about gender-based violence and how it impacts women and girls around the world. The rise of gender-based violence from the covert, small humiliations to grave bodily damage impacts not just the individual but an entire family, a community, a country, our world — it impacts all of us. Sexual violence pervasiveness constrains human development, and economic and geopolitical progress. We must end male entitlement to female bodies, it is that simple and it is that complex.

Ashley Judd Instagram - Celebrate 18 years of recovery with me! Thank you the good people at Shades of Hope who reached out to the “lost child” that I was, offering healing and a ever deeper & more beautiful way of life as the years pass.

There is always a path of peace for us, whether our loved ones change, acknowledge the existence of a problem, or get their own help. We are not betraying them when we ourselves thrive. In fact, we are giving them hope.

Ashley Judd Instagram - Happy Gratitude Day to all who celebrate! I spend the Gratitude Holiday with family and Chosen Family, and while it looks different this year without Mom, the feeling is the same. However you spend this day, I hope you all feel peace and love, and have a very full belly, and remain mindful of the needs of others.

Ashley Judd Instagram - Part I: Living Peacefully with Chronic Pain

Our physical pain is invisible to those around us. Yet our insides are full to the brim with a relentless experience and heightened awareness of the pain inhabiting our bodies. How do we live with some ease, grace, an even temperament, & maintain (some?) happiness while enduring pain no one can see or medication barely touches?

In this three part series, I share what I have and am learning about chronic pain. For me, it’s an intractable migraine, which comes once every 1.5 years or so, and sometimes lasts for months. This headache bloomed 23 May. Let’s explore this together, sharing what helps (and at times, giving others grace, and sharing what doesn’t help. I have to teach people how I need to be treated, which can be so annoying! Shouldn’t they just know?!).

This three part conversation I’ll be sharing over the next few days is about the place of spiritual practice while abiding pain: Life is not always fair. Life is good. “God suffers with me.” “God is in me like butter is in milk.” I am grateful for these teachings from Fr Richard Rorh, and James Finley, both of the Center for Action and Contemplation. Who teaches you?

#chronicpain #chronicillness

Ashley Judd Instagram - As we mark #WorldMentalHealthDay this week, I wanted to share an update with you all on my own health journey. xx
I want to honor, deeply, the tiny circle of caring chosen family who have loved my body, mind, & spirit during this season: CC, my care companion & guide; my pastor, with her deep wisdom, empathy, vision, and lucid prayers; Amanda & Diane for their healing hands my system recognizes can help heal my system; Jamie & Aunt Dot for the ice baths, hugs, & anti-inflammatory, low-glycemic index meals; Beth, from 6th grade, Logan, Heather, lying on the moss with me, breathing, weeping; MTR for crafts & helping me find play; Tammy & Robyn & M.E., huddled in an embrace singing the Doxology together; Janet, who while traversing the globe still tracked me. day and night with care, cohesion, & showed me paths of hope; Nikki & Seane, holding back the walls of the Red Sea as I crawled through to re-birth. You are my people, my family, and you have loved me so well. Thank you.

Ashley Judd Instagram - Naomi Ellen Judd. (nee Diana)
January 11, 1946 🤍

Happy Birthday, Beloved Mama.

Love,
Sweetpea

Ashley Judd Instagram - Winter holidays, reflecting in the Great Smoky Mountains.

Ashley Judd Instagram - I live and love in a politically mixed family, and believe it or not, we have found our way to peace, dignity, respect, and even humor. (Gone are the verbally, ahem, “wild” suppers of my college years when everyone felt hurt and misunderstood.) I have learned to hold complexity and nuance, let go of either/or, ask myself if I want to be right or loved, and be more curious rather than
quoting facts all the time. It is damn hard work and the road can be long. It does *not* mean tolerating unacceptable behavior. Its reward is a sense of integrity and peace with others, crucially, this: Learning to stand for something without standing against my fellows. I would love to hear what you are trying, what has and has not worked, and your hopes for reducing conflict and holding more openness. #KitchenTableDiplomacy

Ashley Judd Instagram - I apologize deeply that the slide may be so easily misinterpreted. My feeling & value I am expressing is, “just because I don’t support a candidate doesn’t mean I would ever, ever want them, or anyone harmed.” I am so sorry it came out clumsily & that some misread my intention. I ask for your grace.

Thank you, all, who are exercising the goodness of your humanity in this fraught moment. I have also seen comments here that appalled me. I will not host such inappropriate incivility. Comments are off.

Ashley Judd Instagram - This morning, I was excitedly preparing to reserve our Yellowstone National Park backcountry campsites. Jodi Kantor from the NYT called, and texted simultaneously, “pick up rn,” and I did. She shared the news that the New York Court of Appeals had overturned Harvey Weinstein’s 2020 conviction on felony sex crime charges. Yet again, male sexual violence had intruded upon and disturbed a beautiful day, as it does every day in the lives of American women.

We live on a daily basis with male entitlement to our female bodies. The most dangerous place in the US for us is in our homes. The men who most commonly assault, rape, and kill us are men who know.

Each of us who survived Harvey Weinstein’s serial sexual predation knew him. He exploited, gleefully, the asymmetry of power in our relationship to him. He defamed me after I barely evaded his sexual assault in that hotel room in 1996. I did not evade his grotesque sexual harassment, wrath, and punishment. My art and my pocketbook are still different to this day because of him.

The misguided opinion of 4 judges today does not change what we survivors know, and we acknowledge the fierceness of the minority opinion. The truth is consistent.

There are multiple forces at work here. One is the power of those of us with lived experience as survivors of male sexual violence and our voices. When we share our stories, we exercise leadership by sparking others to join us in shared actions toward safety and freedom from sexual harm. We let other folks know we see them, we hear them, we believe them, we love them. We have community.

The other force is institutional betrayal. We must work within and from outside institutions to encourage them to adopt the research-based, concrete actions of Institutional Courage. So many survivors share that the “second rape” and moral injury of institutional betrayal is harder to live with than the original crime against their bodies.

Ashley Judd Instagram - Happy 90th birthday to an icon and forever inspiration. The world is better because you were born. Thank you for your walk, courage, facing the loneliness and adversity back in the day, concrete principles, enduring mirth, intersectionality, always having a room for me in your home, and trademark gentleness. What a “wow” you are.
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”We’ve begun to raise daughters more like sons … but few have the courage to raise our sons more like our daughters”
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“Without leaps of imagination or dreaming, we lose the excitement of possibilities. Dreaming, after all is a form of planning.”
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“Empathy is the most radical of human emotions.”

Ashley Judd Instagram - “The beginning of real love is to allow others to be perfectly themselves.” —Thomas Merton, Trappist Monk

I experienced knowings in my soul in childhood about myself. They were clear, irrefutable. Nex, I am glad you knew your truth. I am so sorry others felt entitled to dispute and interfere with your God-given autonomy. I believe you. I see you. I validate you. May your soul be at ease. 🕊️🤍

Ashley Judd Instagram - I love being a woman, and I cherish the little girl who is still alive inside of me. On #InternationalDayofTheGirl, I get on my knees to give thanks for every girl I have ever met, who has ever allowed me to hold her hand, squeeze her close, stroke and braid her hair, climb a tree, and turn a kart-wheel. I cherish every secret that has been shared, fear divulged, wish made, and dream spoken aloud. Worldwide, girls still suffer for being girls. They do 160 million more hours of household chores than their brothers. They are given less food. They are held back from starting or attending school consistently, or drop out when they begin to menstruate. Many are sexually abused and forced into child marriage. They cannot choose if, when, and how many children to have.

To girls around the world, I hope I have, and will continue, to live up to the sacred responsibility of being your friend. At a time when there is so much darkness, I look at the light in your faces when we are connected faces and am reminded of the hope for our future. @unfpa

Ashley Judd Instagram - 2023 has been filled with moments of awe, healing and being in community with those I fiercely love. A big thank you to all of you who’ve shared your thoughts and feelings with me here along the way. Sending you peace and love this holiday season! ❤️

Ashley Judd Instagram - The first time I was aware something was violated in me was when a man molested me when I was 7 years old. I later learned vocabulary to put to this abrogation of my rights in instruments such as @unitednationshumanrights Convention on the Rights of the Child. All over the world, I have worked with partners like @unfpa to restore and uphold folks’ individual and collective rights, and especially to hold space as they heal from the wounding from violence against their rights. On #HumanRightsDay, I recommit to my, yours, and everyone’s human rights. May we all treat each other with fundamental decency and care.

Ashley Judd Instagram - Great Smoky Mountains. Big hikes, sweet strolls, and in the cabin, 18 Chosen Family members trading cooking, chores, filling in a puzzle, playing chess, having a New Years Eve dance party (kiddos with the main moves), hilarious running charades, morning coffee with our readings, quiet conversations in pairs, laughter in groups, and peace all around. It works. We’ve been doing this for many years. Our secret(s) include, at our first meal, everyone shares a memory they would like to make, something they’d be disappointed if they didn’t get to do it, and any group norms they need/would like to ask for (quiet time after 10pm, before 8 am, e.g.). Everyone has full permission to do what they need to do to take care of themself at given moment: a nap, the hot tub, a break....I love these people and their love for me is one of the joys of my life.

Ashley Judd Instagram - Replete. My cup is full and runs over. The U2 show at Sphere Las Vegas astonishes, thrills, uplifts, delights, and also holds rapt with an improbably tender intimacy. You can hear Bono whisper - the sound is so pristine and clear - and even sip his water, it seems. Edge is alchemical. Adam is so funky and my insides vibrated to his bass. Larry, love and miss you, hope your recovery is coming along; Bram, you are doing great!! Congratulations to the inspired crew and team for creating a next wave masterpiece, like Willie Williams, pictured, show director, and dearest Brian, security for 30 years and my dear buddy. How else can you wake up fresh and shining in Las Vegas, unless you’ve been with Spirit the night before? God suffers with us. God rejoices in our mirth. A tree gives glory to God by being a tree. So us, let us sing and dance. @u2 @spherevegas #bono #edge #adamclayton #larrymullenjr #family #grateful

Ashley Judd Instagram - Fellow fans, here we go! It is time to root for our @kentuckymbb squad. I am ready to watch the last exhibition game tonight and season kick-off Monday.

My memories of and relationship with the winningest program of all time runs deep and is generational.

I am so grateful for the connections the Kentucky Basketball generates, and for the beautiful hospitality I have always been shown by the Program.

I hear this team is Coach’s fastest, and best passing team (nifty passing thrills me — Patrick Sparks’ no look, behind-the-back, bounce pass).

1996, 1998, 2012 National Championships, I was there, and I’ll be there so my team bring home #9!

Tony Delk is still one of my all time favorites — 7/8 on 3s, and he caused the player he defended to foul out (1996, Meadowlands).
But really, I love them all, because they are Wildcats.

"Jump ball, jump ball, git it, git it!” (Anyone remember that old ditty?)

LET’S GO ‘CATS!
PS Mom said when I was at game, she could pick my voice out of the crowed, hollering!

Ashley Judd Instagram - Joy. Family history. Story. Music. Social justice. Faith.

U2 loved and listened to The Judds during their iconic Joshua Tree days. My family first met them during their Dublin show in 1986 and when I was in France as a 19 year old, I looked at the liner notes on the album sleeve and cold called their management to see if I could attend the Joshua Tree stadium show in Paris. In my second-hand polka dotted skirt and Dock Martins, I was astonished to have a ticket and backstage pass. I stood side stage, 4 feet from Bono at the microphone where their spouses hugged and took me in.

37 years later, it is a friendship that has deeply shaped my public and personal life. Bono and Bobby Shriver called me in 2002 and demanded I involve myself in the HIV/AIDS emergency. I threw myself into what is now my global humanitarian advocacy, 23 countries later. The courage of the Christian tradition of my childhood has welled up consistently, as these are friendships bonded by shared faith.

Oh yeah. There is little music there, too, that has transported me! This month, Pop — who sang over 200 concerts with Elvis — and I attended @thesphere and Bono sang for him. This past weekend, Sister and I cried and danced. We made memories and reminisced. I am so grateful and my cup is full. Crew meal. Quiet time with folks who’ve been with the band since they were punks teens. Sharing the ecstatic music with 18,000 souls. Unforgettable!

Ashley Judd Instagram - Today is #VoteEarlyDay! There are critical local and state elections happening across the country, and Nov 7th is your last day to vote.

Express your values, principles, and ideals, for your family and neighbors. & let your voice be heard! Check your voter registration and go to voteearly.org to make a plan to vote, and see how easy voting early can be!

Ashley Judd Instagram - Love is so rich we need it to survive. Science now proves we can die of a literal broken heart. I have expierneced various forms of love, my deeply loyal love for my sibling, cosmic, chest heaving love from my mother, the cheering sweetness of love of childhood friends, the intricate, sustaining, fascinating love of my romantic partner, ineffable love for my animals, awesome love of nature, and also AGAPE, these spontaneous vistations of profound love from total strangers. I wanted to share just one example of this with you today. Have you ever felt AGAPE? What was it like for you? Share with me in the comments below. ❤️

Ashley Judd Instagram - While #WomensHistoryMonth may be over, it’s important we recognize the powerful stories and contributions of women each and every day, especially women of color and indigenous women. Why does this matter? Let me tell you the story of just a few women who have made an impact on me but who’s stories are not as recognized.

My 10x great grandmother, Mary Bruester — a religious refugee and spiritual leader in her community. While a lot is known about my grandfather, Mary’s name is never even mentioned precisely because she was a woman.

Pearl Moore, a Black woman who is the all-time leading scorer in women’s basketball. Pearl notched over 4,000 points during her collegiate career, a mark that still stands five decades later. With the historic point-scorers and wins from the recent NCAA women’s basketball, we can’t tell this story without talking about Pearl Moore.

Women are powerful and we’ve made mighty accomplishments to our society. We are all responsible for shining a light on each other. What powerful women have inspired you? Share their story with me in the comments.

Ashley Judd Instagram - Today I published an essay in @usatoday. I hope you might read the whole piece.

Yes, it is about what I believe is the deeply urgent imperative that a Democrat be voted into the office of President this November.

It is about how I respect and honor President Biden, a deeply decent man, and feel immense gratitude for all that has been gained. I particularly acknowledge his multi-decade commitment to ending male violence against women.

It is about how, at this infection point, I kindly and firmly invite him to voluntarily, gracefully step aside, creating space for a talented, robust Democrat to ensure the incalculable and unprecedented cruelty of a second Trump administration does not inflict harm upon millions of Americans, especially the more vulnerable among us.

And this essay is about more. I hope you will see that.

It is also about family, living in more rural places, and how we can, should and must stand up for what we believe in as individuals—and find a way, somehow, someway, to hold our dearest loved ones closer than we hold political beliefs.

Yes, I want to beat the other guy in November. And I also really want to beat my Pop at Canasta this evening after supper, sitting out on the back porch, with the lightening bugs’ magic and the song of the cicadas.

I fight for my beliefs. But I don’t fight with my family about politics. I love them too much to do that. With family, I am less invested in who is right and who is wrong. I am much more invested in what is true. Because family love is true.

Ashley Judd Instagram - Reproductive health and #childcare are not just women’s issues; they are human rights issues. It’s not something for women to just “figure out”. The more we all band together to solve these problems, the better...for women, for men, for families—for generations to come.

@ashley_judd joined us in the #EqualityLounge @ #SXSW to stress that it’s time for men to join us and use their voices to reinforce the urgency behind women’s health reform and childcare reform.

#reproductivehealth #reproductiverights

Ashley Judd Instagram - There is a lot going on in the world. As I reflect on the multiple instances of institutional betrayal with which so many of us are grappling, I wanted to share some of my thoughts, in no particular order:

There are 3 Pillars of Protest: Protect Free Speech. Adhere to Principles of Civil Disobedience. Institutional Neutrality. The Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. described the principle perfectly: “When one breaks the law that conscience tells him is unjust, he must do it openly, he must do it cheerfully, he must do it lovingly, he must do it civilly — not uncivilly — and he must do it with a willingness to accept the penalty.”Destruction of property and violence do not aid any oppressed peoples. And doing so gives material to those who think poorly of protestors to scorn them further.

I was a campus protestor. I helped organize a campus-wide walk-out of classes in protest when the Governor of KY refused to remove a member of the Board of Trustees who called black South Africans the N-word when they were discussing divesting from racist minority rule Apartheid. I helped organize the protest on the steps of the state capital. Protest is righteous and necessary. It must also follow constructive norms.

Samantha Power — whom I hold in very high regard — is the Director of @usaid, and has had the moral courage to do the right thing and simply speak the truth: there is a full-blown famine in Gaza. She is not waiting for the bureaucracy to “approve” this language to declare it. (“Forced starvation:” thank you for this in the comments.

The important documentary, “Screams Before Silence,” details, excruciatingly, horrific male sexual violence by Hamas against Israelis on October 7. First-person accounts, survivors of the sexual violence, and bloody undergarments, it is so difficult to watch and it demonstrates yet again in yet another setting how especially girl’s and women’s bodies are degraded and dehumanized by men in war.

Today, we remember the unforgettable: The Holocaust. We breath for those whose breath was taken. Six million Jewish souls left their bodies, and millions of others were scarred and generations, up to those who are young today, were impacted.

Ashley Judd Instagram - C A T S CATS CATS CATS! 💙💙. **Congrats Oakland and especially Jack Gohkle. Stuff dreams are made of. Still love my ‘Cats. **.

Ashley Judd Instagram - Hi friends! I am deep into writing my second book and the process is a rich. Thank you so much for your encouragement. My first book was based on diaries from 13 counties, starting wtih sitting in child brothels in Cambodia and Thailand, and on to refugee camps and HIV/AIDS orphanages, uplifted grassroots movements supporting the vulnerable and resilient, & of course how I was brought into recovery after a tough childhood. This book includes my extensive time in Congo, my beautiful mother, and more!

I am eager to have something for you to read!

Ashley Judd Instagram - A fine weekend outside, with gratitude for our state parks. Much appreciation for our volunteers and paid workers! Nature is a cathedral for me.....anyone else have spiritual experiences in The Great Outdoors? #nature #stateparks #getoutside

Ashley Judd - 197.9K Likes - Who in your family is the keeper of family traditions and memories? Who shares the stories about your loved ones who are no longer here in person, keeping their spirits alive and making sure your younger generations know how special, quirky, funny, (or weird!) they were? For us, it is so important our younger ones know about “Mamaw and Papaw,” or that their 5x Great Grandfather Elijah fought for the Union cause out of Peach Orchard, KY, had a battlefield amputation at the Battle of Saltville, and was POW before becoming a successful farmer in spite of poor soil and faithful lay preacher. We have come to realize that WE are now those folks in our family: the standard bearers of memory responsible for passing along our heritage to younger kin. What grief to see the elders are now mostly gone! It is a shock and a lament to realize all they took with them. And then, a poignant honor to step into the role they so had well filled: knitting us all together through stories of previous times. We sisters love to swap memories. Our conversations, in any setting, are peppered with references to our childhoods (just don’t mention “Beverly” and “waterskiing” to Ashley because she will reliably wet herself laughing). So we now, joyfully and solemnly, commit ourselves in our family to the role of Keeper of Memories and Passers On of Tradition.

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Caption : Who in your family is the keeper of family traditions and memories? Who shares the stories about your loved ones who are no longer here in person, keeping their spirits alive and making sure your younger generations know how special, quirky, funny, (or weird!) they were? For us, it is so important our younger ones know about “Mamaw and Papaw,” or that their 5x Great Grandfather Elijah fought for the Union cause out of Peach Orchard, KY, had a battlefield amputation at the Battle of Saltville, and was POW before becoming a successful farmer in spite of poor soil and faithful lay preacher. We have come to realize that WE are now those folks in our family: the standard bearers of memory responsible for passing along our heritage to younger kin. What grief to see the elders are now mostly gone! It is a shock and a lament to realize all they took with them. And then, a poignant honor to step into the role they so had well filled: knitting us all together through stories of previous times. We sisters love to swap memories. Our conversations, in any setting, are peppered with references to our childhoods (just don’t mention “Beverly” and “waterskiing” to Ashley because she will reliably wet herself laughing). So we now, joyfully and solemnly, commit ourselves in our family to the role of Keeper of Memories and Passers On of Tradition.
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Ashley Judd - 113.5K Likes - My big sister. My protector who powdered me when I was an infant, let me do her Civics homework when I was in 6th grade (which made me feel "big”), who taught me how to drive (it was a 1957 Chevy), with whom I compared mosquito bites after we played in eastern Kentucky creeks looking for crawdads. Oh, yes — she happened to sing some, too.

This past Friday, she sang in Knoxville, and it was glorious. My favorite songs are the ones our Mama wrote, so customized for her voice are they. Thank you to fans for loving my sister @wynonnajudd and helping to give her life purpose and meaning, and for recognizing that she’s indeed the G.O.A.T.

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Caption : My big sister. My protector who powdered me when I was an infant, let me do her Civics homework when I was in 6th grade (which made me feel “big”), who taught me how to drive (it was a 1957 Chevy), with whom I compared mosquito bites after we played in eastern Kentucky creeks looking for crawdads. Oh, yes — she happened to sing some, too. This past Friday, she sang in Knoxville, and it was glorious. My favorite songs are the ones our Mama wrote, so customized for her voice are they. Thank you to fans for loving my sister @wynonnajudd and helping to give her life purpose and meaning, and for recognizing that she’s indeed the G.O.A.T.
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Ashley Judd - 89.2K Likes - Today is the two year anniversary of my beloved mother’s death by suicide. The approach of 30 April has felt fast and reckless, (and highjacked by Harvey Weinstein’s rape conviction being overturned, frankly). I have wanted to slow down time, to think through how I wanted to care for and support myself today. And then the good David Kessler, grief expert, reached out to me and validated that the the anniversary ” is often very difficult, especially the days that precede it. That helped me feel known and seen. ****I want to share something Mom did before she died that epitomizes her both her motherly love and imagination: many years ago, she wrote me a birthday card to open after her death. I found it in our barn. I opened it this year (last year was too soon for me). It is simply extraordinary. She reminisces about how dear I was as a child, reminds me of how proud of me she is, encourages me to be “spiritually strong.” She closes her precious card, “Always, Mommy.” Today, and all days, yes. Yes. Always, Mommy.

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Caption : Today is the two year anniversary of my beloved mother’s death by suicide. The approach of 30 April has felt fast and reckless, (and highjacked by Harvey Weinstein’s rape conviction being overturned, frankly). I have wanted to slow down time, to think through how I wanted to care for and support myself today. And then the good David Kessler, grief expert, reached out to me and validated that the the anniversary ” is often very difficult, especially the days that precede it. That helped me feel known and seen. ****I want to share something Mom did before she died that epitomizes her both her motherly love and imagination: many years ago, she wrote me a birthday card to open after her death. I found it in our barn. I opened it this year (last year was too soon for me). It is simply extraordinary. She reminisces about how dear I was as a child, reminds me of how proud of me she is, encourages me to be “spiritually strong.” She closes her precious card, “Always, Mommy.” Today, and all days, yes. Yes. Always, Mommy.
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Ashley Judd - 86.8K Likes - Happy 60th Birthday to the Best Sister! May your day be joyous, may your heart be free, & I am grateful for the picture- perfect day God gave us for your day, our quiet time this afternoon, and I’m eager for your special evening tonight! I love you, Sister!

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Caption : Happy 60th Birthday to the Best Sister! May your day be joyous, may your heart be free, & I am grateful for the picture- perfect day God gave us for your day, our quiet time this afternoon, and I’m eager for your special evening tonight! I love you, Sister!
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Ashley Judd - 57.3K Likes - I love spring birthdays and I love my Pop. He came into my life when I was 11 and the day we met I was practicing my cheerleader moves - and he let me climb up to stand on his shoulders before we fully knew each others’ names. He’s held me high since then, and with Mom gone, we are closer than ever. Happy Birthday, Pop.

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Caption : I love spring birthdays and I love my Pop. He came into my life when I was 11 and the day we met I was practicing my cheerleader moves – and he let me climb up to stand on his shoulders before we fully knew each others’ names. He’s held me high since then, and with Mom gone, we are closer than ever. Happy Birthday, Pop.
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Ashley Judd - 50.3K Likes - Hello Community! I wanted to say thank you to everyone who’s been here a while and thank you to those who are new. I’m an actor, humanitarian, and a writer (in no particular order!). Follow me here for updates, and thanks for being with me.

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Caption : Hello Community! I wanted to say thank you to everyone who’s been here a while and thank you to those who are new. I’m an actor, humanitarian, and a writer (in no particular order!). Follow me here for updates, and thanks for being with me.
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Ashley Judd - 50.2K Likes - Today marks 56 years of being on this earth, and I am thankful to be here with y’all.

As a powerful woman in recovery, perhaps the best gift I’ve ever given to myself was entering treatment 18 years ago. Though life’s path is filled with challenges, it’s also a remarkable journey of self-discovery and healing that has helped shaped me into the woman I am today.

As I look to another year, I am grateful for the opportunity to continue learning, walking closer with my Higher Power (who is in me like butter is in milk), striving for equity and the end of all harm.

What was the best birthday gift you gave yourself? Let me know below! Thank you for your unwavering support and for being part of this beautiful journey with me.

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Caption : Today marks 56 years of being on this earth, and I am thankful to be here with y’all. As a powerful woman in recovery, perhaps the best gift I’ve ever given to myself was entering treatment 18 years ago. Though life’s path is filled with challenges, it’s also a remarkable journey of self-discovery and healing that has helped shaped me into the woman I am today. As I look to another year, I am grateful for the opportunity to continue learning, walking closer with my Higher Power (who is in me like butter is in milk), striving for equity and the end of all harm. What was the best birthday gift you gave yourself? Let me know below! Thank you for your unwavering support and for being part of this beautiful journey with me.
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