Ree Drummond and Todd Drummond.Photo:Ree Drummond Instagram
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Ree Drummondwould do anything forher kids– including a 16-hour road trip.
On Thursday, thePioneer Womanstar, 54, shared that she had visited her youngest son,Todd, 19, at the University of South Dakota to see him in a football game.
“In this photo from last Saturday, I am displaying the classic goofy, dreamy, I-get-to-see-my-kid-for-two-whole-hours empty nest sad-but-happy mom smile,” Ree writes in the caption of an Instagram post, with an added, “(I love you, Todd.❤️)”
In the photo, Ree’s decked out in the university’s colors, red and white, as she hugs her smiling son, who’s dressed head to toe in his football gear.
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“I totally get it!! Going through it now myself & it’s AWFUL!!” one follower writes. Another says, “My boys are [in] NC and Florida life without them is the worst ever…. They are my ❤️”
Ree responds to these commenters and others with sympathy, writing, “Hugs” or sharing heart emojis.
In Ree’s response, she reveals that “we drove 8 hours in each direction.”
“It’s what we parents (and grandparents) do!” she added.
Ree Drummond and Ladd Drummond.Monica Schipper/Getty
Ree, who is also mother toAlex, 26,Paige, 23,Bryce, 21, andJamar, 21, with her husbandLadd, 54,moved Todd in to the University of South Dakotain January.
In a post shared on her Instagram Story, Drummond posed for a selfie in a car, as Todd could be seen behind her in a red University of South Dakota shirt.
Ree Drummond’s kids, from left: Bryce, Paige, Jamar, Alex and Todd.
“Made it to SD yesterday,” she wrote with the snapshot. “GO YOTES! (and go Todd).”
Drummond recalled on her blog how her son committed to the university just one day after a campus visit.
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She said he immediately took a liking to the coaching staff and athletic facilities, and on the drive home he “couldn’t stop raving about the school and the football program.” Todd then had a signing ceremony on Dec. 21 while the family was on vacation in Vail.
For her final send off, she writes,“Go have an awesome experience and keep bein' yourself, son. Go Yotes!"
source: people.com
