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Nicole Ari Parker and Sherri Shepherd Say a Low Key Mother’s Day Is Just Fine
From cooking a billion dinners to homeschooling their kids, celebs share how Mother’s Day is the same yet different this year
Mothers — and daughters — are stumped at having to put a new spin on an old day during a pandemic. And while many restaurants are offering fancy brunch takeout and Zoom cocktails might be on deck, celebrity parents like Nicole Ari Parker and Sherri Shepherd are using this Mom’s Day to fight the burnout of their day jobs and refocus on what’s really important: their family and serving others.
Parker is just happy to be at home and to sit down.
“I travel so much for work,” she says. “I was recently shooting Empire in another city, so for me, this has been a godsend. To be together around the breakfast table and dinner table and bedtime have been great. Everything is moving so fast, I want to keep them close as long as I can.”
And the kids enjoy her being at home, too.
“One thing that has surprised me is how the kids wanna be close as well and want to talk to me about everything all the time at all hours of the night,” she says. “I’m grateful they feel they can come to me.”
