Laura Dern, mom Diane Ladd left ‘nothing unsaid’ in conversations prompted by misdiagnosis of 6 months to live
foxnews.comLaura Dern said she felt the "walls crumbling down" around her in 2018 when a doctor told her that her mother Diane Ladd might only have six months to live after her lungs had been scarred most likely by her exposure to pesticide spraying near her home.
But she felt encouraged when he said taking her on walks each day might expand her lungs. So she moved to Santa Monica to stay with her mom, writing in their new book: "These walks might be our final moments together.They only way I can cope with my fear of her dying is by making sure that we talk about everything and that we leave nothing unsaid." The "Jurassic Park" actress and Ladd began to walk each day, which the "Chesapeake Shores" star noted in the book felt "impossible" to her at first because of her reduced lung capacity, but as the walks got longer their conversations did as well and their understanding of each other deepened.
The pair recorded their conversations and have turned them into a book out this week called "Honey, Baby, Mine: A Mother and Daughter Talk Life, Death, Love (and Banana Pudding)." Dern continued, "In the months that followed, we talked through happy memories and old wounds – some of which healed as a result of these conversations.
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