Trista Sutter grapples with being called "just a mom"
by Sara McGinnis posted in Celebrities
Trista Sutter and her husband Ryan are among the few who seem to have found real love on a reality show, and today their lives are centered around raising son Max and daughter Blakesly.
She's known to much of the world as the first Bachelorette, and to her little ones she's Mom, but who else is Trista today"
At a recent TEDxVail speech the 43-year-old delved into the subject, recalling an exchange she had with her son:
?It was a couple of days before the first day of school and ? I was preparing the Pinterest-inspired poster boards that my kids would naturally hold for the obligatory photo commemorating the day. I planned to include the year, their grade, and just for fun, what they wanted to be when they grow up. ?So I asked them both. Blakesley, our very ambitious girly-girl, immediately jumped up and said that she wanted to be a dancer, a singer, a teacher, an artist, a movie-maker, a nail person, a hair person, a veterinarian, a physical therapist and a mom. Max, our introverted boy?s-boy, took his time. Finally, after a few minutes, he looked up at me and said: ?I want to be like you, Mom. I want to do nothing.? ?
Trista Sutter continued, "Wait ? what" How could he have said that I do nothing" Does he think that I do nothing" That I?m just a mom" And there it was, those three little words: 'just a mom.'"
?Doesn?t he know that I do anything but do nothing, especially when it comes to our home an...
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