{"id":97260,"date":"2024-05-14T15:21:55","date_gmt":"2024-05-14T15:21:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2024\/05\/14\/madonna-recalls-tragedy-of-watching-her-mother-die-young-aged-5\/"},"modified":"2024-05-14T15:21:55","modified_gmt":"2024-05-14T15:21:55","slug":"madonna-recalls-tragedy-of-watching-her-mother-die-young-aged-5","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2024\/05\/14\/madonna-recalls-tragedy-of-watching-her-mother-die-young-aged-5\/","title":{"rendered":"Madonna recalls tragedy of watching her mother die young aged 5"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"byline\">\n<time itemprop=\"datePublished\" content=\"2024-05-14\" datetime=\"1715700115\" pubdate=\"\">14 May 2024<\/time>\n<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.femalefirst.co.uk\/madonna\/\" class=\"exposure-link \" data-linktrack=\"LinkTracker,articleExposure,madonna\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Madonna<\/a> believes watching her mother die is why she has a &#8220;tumultuous relationship with sleep&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p class=\"image-caption landscape\">Madonna has shared the painful experience of losing her mother at a young age<\/p>\n<p>The late <a href=\"https:\/\/www.femalefirst.co.uk\/madonna\/\" class=\"exposure-link \" data-linktrack=\"LinkTracker,articleExposure,madonna\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Madonna<\/a> Louise Fortin &#8211; who The Queen of Pop was named after &#8211; tragically died of breast cancer in December 1963 at the age of 30.<\/p>\n<p>And in a belated post to mark Mother&#8217;s Day (10.05.24) in the US, the &#8216;Vogue&#8217; hitmaker, who was just five when she lost her parent, has recalled how traumatic it was seeing her mom &#8220;disintegrate mysteriously&#8221; before going to &#8220;sleep&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>Referring to her &#8216;Celebration Tour&#8217; shows, which saw her pay tribute to those she has lost, including her mom, she began a lengthy post: &#8220;I stood on stage for 81 shows staring up at the beautiful face of my mother and wondering what she must\u2019ve been thinking as she waved goodbye to me from her hospital window.<\/p>\n<p>I stepped into the station wagon and shut the door not knowing it was the last time I\u2019d see her.<\/p>\n<p>\n&#8220;Nobody told me my mother was dying &#8211; I just watched her disintegrate mysteriously and then she disappeared and there was no explanation except that she had gone to sleep which explains My Tumultuous relationship with sleep.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>\nThe &#8216;Beautiful Stranger&#8217; singer admitted she is thankful her own brood &#8211; Lourdes, 27, Rocco, 23, David and Mercy, both 18, and 11-year-old twins Stella and Estere &#8211; all &#8220;sleep under one roof&#8221; but admits it&#8217;s been &#8220;hard&#8221; to let go when they&#8217;ve spread their wings.<\/p>\n<p>\nShe continued: &#8220;Tonight all of my children sleep Under one roof which is Rare and comforting.<\/p>\n<p>\nThey grow up too fast and spin out in different directions And yes I have a hard time letting go.<\/p>\n<p>\n&#8220;When I stepped out on the stage and looked up at my mothers face every night.<\/p>\n<p>\nI said hello I said goodbye.<\/p>\n<p>\nI said Thank you.<\/p>\n<p>\nI hope you\u2019re proud of me.<\/p>\n<p>\nI said Please protect me and keep me sane. (sic)\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\nDuring her show, Madonna also paid tribute to her adopted son David&#8217;s mother, Malita, and hopes she is proud of them both.<\/p>\n<p>\nShe said: &#8220;I would look up at. Davids Mother -Malita across the stage And have the same thoughts.<\/p>\n<p>\nWas I doing a good job ?<\/p>\n<p>\nIs she proud of her Son? Am I the mother she would want me to be. ?? (sic)&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>\nThe &#8216;Frozen&#8217; hitmaker says she and her children &#8220;clung to each other&#8221; throughout the tour, which she completed after her two-month recovery from a near-death experience, and they\u2019ve never been closer.<\/p>\n<p>\nShe went on: &#8220;I became very close to my children on this tour .<\/p>\n<p>\nWe clung to each other.<\/p>\n<p>\nIn the long hours we worked and struggled.<\/p>\n<p>\nThey helped me manifest my dreams.<\/p>\n<p>\nIn the chaos and the storms<\/p>\n<p>\nthe monotony and repetition<\/p>\n<p>\nThe sleepless nights and the endless<\/p>\n<p>\nPacking and unpacking.<\/p>\n<p>\nAll the sacrifices..<\/p>\n<p>\nWe made together.<\/p>\n<p>\nSo many hours of Blood Sweat and Tears.<\/p>\n<p>\nGrateful for the privilege of bringing people together with Music.<\/p>\n<p>\nBut also we just wanted to sleep in. (sic)\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\nShe also shared how during the chaos of the tour, her children were also kept busy with their own work and activities. <\/p>\n<p>\nMadonna shared: &#8220;Along the way Rocco was painting.<\/p>\n<p>\n&#8220;Lola was writing songs.<\/p>\n<p>\n&#8220;David and Mercy graduated high school.! (sic)&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>\nShe concluded by admitting that motherhood is &#8220;just trial and error&#8221;, and explained how she has often felt like her children were &#8220;raising&#8221; her.<\/p>\n<p>\nMadonna \u2013 who posted pictures from the shows, including her standing in front of pictures of her mom onstage, and backstage snaps with her family &#8211; penned: &#8220;No Easy way into the motherhood game. No manual or University<\/p>\n<p>\nJust trial and error and learn and succeed and then fail again.<\/p>\n<p>\nFinally the realization that they were raising me and not the other way around.<\/p>\n<p>\n&#8220;I always laugh with friends and say motherhood = suffering<\/p>\n<p>\nBut it\u2019s not a joke.<\/p>\n<p>\nit\u2019s the truest thing I\u2019ve ever said.<\/p>\n<p>\n&#8220;But I wouldn\u2019t change it for anything. (sic)&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.femalefirst.co.uk\/celebrity\/madonna-recalls-tragedy-watching-mother-die-young-aged-5-1399598.html?f=rss\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>14 May 2024 Madonna believes watching her mother die is why she has a &#8220;tumultuous relationship with sleep&#8221;. Madonna has shared the painful experience of losing her mother at a young age The late Madonna Louise Fortin &#8211; who The Queen of Pop was named after &#8211; tragically died of breast cancer in December 1963 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":97261,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[603,7914],"class_list":{"0":"post-97260","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-make-up","8":"tag-madonna","9":"tag-madonna-louise-fortin"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/97260","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=97260"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/97260\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/97261"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=97260"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=97260"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=97260"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}