Tia Mowry is opening up about the struggles she faced while going through a divorce with Cory Hardrict but admitted that it was “the best gift” she could give to her children.
Mowry is the latest cover star for HelloBeautiful, and in the tell-all interview, she said that her decision to leave the marriage was to benefit her children.
“A part of my decision was also for them,” she said. “For them seeing their mother walk in truth, I feel like it’s a great lesson for them because it was not an easy decision.”
She continued: “It was one of the hardest decisions that I had ever had to make in my entire life. But if they see that mommy can do it, that mommy, no matter what people say, no matter, even if there’s some sort of doubt, whatever, mommy pushed through. [They can say] my mommy is living and chasing her truth. I want my children to do that. That’s the best gift I can give them.”
The 44-year-old mother of two (Cairo, 5, and Cree, 11) further said that her hope is that her children will learn to live a life on their own terms and not to appease others.
“I want for them not to live a life that I want them to live, for them not to live a life that everybody else wants them to live or what they think that they should be or live.”
The Sister, Sister alum also wants to instill in her children that bad days happen – and that’s okay.
“I want them to see that it is okay to have a bad day,” she concluded. “I want them to see that it is okay to chase your joy. I want them to see that it is okay to live your truth.”
