I have to go onstage to take a nap. But I get to be with them in the formative years. In Nashville, Naomi worked as a nurse while simultaneously building a music career with her daughter, who, it was apparent, had talent to spare. Again, it is her children who gave her ballast. Every day they're a blessing.
Kids are part of the miracle, part of the deal.
Sometime I've gone onstage with my hair in a ponytail 'cause my kids are sick and I don't have time for the hairdresser. Her mother, of course, was her mentor. When the act was about to break up and her daughter's identity was at stake, she guided Wynonna through that difficult time. There was a lot to learn. Again, to an outsider, Wynonna, with her armful of Grammys, must have seemed like the very picture of music-business savvy and sophistication.