Angelina Jolie opened up about missing her late mom, saying, “I’ve needed her”
Her ability to raise six children while living a hectic life makes Angelina Jolie a pro at motherhood — and Jolie thanks her late mother, Marcheline Bertrand, for setting a good example for her. According to People, Jolie opened up about missing her mother in an interview with Elle France. She talked about how great of a grandmother Bertrand would have been to her kids if she hadn’t passed from cancer in 2007.
"I know how much she would have contributed to their lives and I am sad they will miss out on that," Jolie said. "I would give anything for her to be with me at this time. I’ve needed her. I talk to her often in my mind and try to think what she might say and how she might guide me."
Bertrand was a single mother who raised both Jolie and brother James Haven by herself. She divorced Jolie’s father, John Voight, only a few years after Jolie was born.
Similarly, Jolie is currently sharing custody of her six children — Maddox, 15, Pax, 13, Zahara, 12, Shiloh, 10, and 8-year-old twins Vivienne and Knox — with Brad Pitt, whom she separated with earlier this year.
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Jolie told Elle France that being a mom of six has been the “greatest gift” as well as a great responsibility. She said,
"It means doing everything that you can to live by your values and try to be an example to your children."
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Through her political and charity work, Jolie is setting an example that will not only benefit her children, but will in turn benefit the rest of the world. We have a feeling her mother would be extremely proud.
