Gretchen Wilson wants to bury a hatchet this Mother's Day. The singer hasn't spoken with her mother in several years, but hopes to change that on Sunday.Gretchen's mom was only 16 when she gave birth to the future country star. Gretchen has described her upbringing as tumultuous, as she and her mom moved from trailer park to trailer park, living in poverty. According to the Associated Press, she has said that her mother often abused drugs and alcohol, as a means of numbing the pain of an abusive relationship.
"As far as I know, things are going a lot better with her life than they were previously," Gretchen tells the AP of her mom. "So I'm thinking that this Mother's Day, we might reconnect."
Gretchen is a mom herself, to 8-year-old Grace. The singer went back to school this year to get her G.E.D., for the primary purpose of being a good role model to her daughter.
"Mothers and daughters have that rivalry thing," Wilson jokes. "And now that I have my diploma, I have something that she doesn't have. So I have a feeling just knowing her and knowing she's like me, she'll have to have one, too!"
Gretchen's fourth album, 'I Got Your Country Right Here,' is due for release this summer.
Reader Comments(1 of 2)
Jim Mooreat 5-09-2009
Gretchen ... make the connection
Chrisat 5-09-2009
There is an old saying that goes, "Don't let the sun set on your anger." There is no time like the present and you'll never regain the past. There may never be another chance. Move in there girl and make that connection. You need it as well as your mother. Mine is gone and I wish she was back again just so I could tell her one more time that I love her.
joshat 5-09-2009
yea that "old saying" comes from the Word of God
JamminJohnny13at 5-09-2009
ditto here I miss my mom so very much but shes with me everday in my heart and thouhts
mountainriver11at 5-09-2009
I am glad you want to connect with your mother. Sorry for the bad memories. If it is a healthy relationship, I would connect too. Otherwise, I probably won't do it. My mother was not there for me, so I feel that not all parents are meant to be parents in the first place.
Gailat 5-09-2009
Gee...maybe Gretchen will give her mother $20.00 for Mother's Day.
I'm sorry...everyone's family has problems. If I were Gretchen's mother...I would tell her to stay away.
Gretchen is just looking for sympathy and publicity..at her Mother's expense.
Sometimes..it's just too late to make yourself look good in the public's eyes, Gretchen.
drheart777at 5-09-2009
Gail, what ever is in your heart, comes out of your mouth. Take a good look at your own life, life is short, you only have ONE MOM. Don't let pride get in your way of loving her, tomorrow might be to late.
Gailat 5-09-2009
Hey drhert777...
You totally misunderstood my comment. Just for the record, my mother died on Christmas Eve..in 1966, when I was a teenager.
My comments to Gretchen were: She is now somewhat "famous"...and, because she finally obtained that GED (WOW)..she now is considering a "reconciliation" with her mother. See what a "good" education can get you!
I was "knocking" Gretchen..she is nothing more than a current wannabe celebrity. Her mother should have disowned her years ago...before her GED.
bfdfirechick1at 5-10-2009
so... you would rather that she continue without a GED huh? "knocking" her as a wanna-be celebrity. she IS a celebrity, and she IS setting a good example to others. She was able to make her way into the country music business without the high school diploma... she didn't have to go back to get the GED if she didn't want to, but that would have made her a hypocrite raising her own child the way she thinks is right. Who are you to judge?
you're just bitter.
cadys17at 5-10-2009
Gretchen is at peace with her past. Her music most likely helped her get through it. She wants to be a good role model for her daughter..and your saying her mother, who abused drugs and alcohol, should stay away from her?..you're a lunatic!
Josieat 5-09-2009
MY MY MY..WHAT I WOULD DO TO HAVE ONE MORE DAY WITH MY MOTHER...SHE WENT TO BE WITH THE LORD IN 1995 AND NOT A DAY GOES BY THAT I DON'T THINK ABOUT HER..I CAN'T IMAGINE HER BEING HERE AND NOT SPEAKING TO HER..
Davis10Oregon1at 5-09-2009
JUST DO IT ! YOUNG LADY, JUST DO LT !
sweetbabi3at 5-09-2009
This is nothing on this earth that would keep me away from my mother. I wish my daughter was alive to tell me Happy Mother's Day again. I keep her old cards and look at them. Losing a mother or a daughter who is beautiful and wonderful is difficult. If you knew you only had an hour to live, who would you call and what would you say? So, why haven't you called yet?
leatherat 5-09-2009
Good grief people leave the women alone its her Mother and I think what she is doing is great I hope it works out for the both of them Bless you Gretchen, and good luck
suzettekendallat 5-09-2009
I think the world of Gretchen and what she had to endure. Her life sounds like the carbon copy of mine except my mother was very abusive til I left home 25 years later we are the best of friends, there is hope it is never too late if you want it bad enough.
P.S. She was my ADOPTED mother but you can't tell me she is MOM.
Hope everyone has a great mothers day. God-Bless