Mother’s Daywill feel a lot different forLisa Rinnathis year.
On Instagram Friday, theReal Housewives of Beverly Hillsstar opened up about preparing to commemorate the holiday for the first time without her mom, Lois.
Loisdiedin November 2021, days aftersuffering a stroke. She was 93.
In her post, Rinna, 50, shared a meme of the mother-daughter duo emoting the “same energy” from separate moments onRHOBH.
“I was feeling a sense of dread and I couldn’t figure out why,” wrote Rinna, who shares daughtersAmelia Gray HamlinandDelilah Belle Hamlinwith husbandHarry Hamlin. “And then I realized that this will be the first Mother’s Day without Lois. Gonna be hard. 💔.”
“She was a survivor and the strongest person I’ve ever met,” Rinna added in a separate post at the time.
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TheRinna Beauty founderlater opened up about how she was coping with Lois' passing, saying that the “hardest part is going on.”
“Continuing, going back to the routine and to your obligations and work but you’re not the same,” she wrote on Instagram later that month. “You’ll never be the same but you must do the same things that you were doing before … because that’s the way of living.”
Rinna continued, “So as I try to do what I was doing, I’m doing it through different eyes and a different heart. Now off to sell lipstick and go kick some ass over there atRHOBH.”
Lisa Rinna and Lois Rinna.Charley Gallay/Getty
Rinna’s husband also called ita “tough moment"for their family.
In the time since her death, Rinna has periodically shared photos and videos of Lois on social media. It’s somethingshe told PEOPLEshe plans to keep doing, especially since her mother’s appearances onRHOBHbuilt her such a strong fan base.
“Lois was so beloved,” Rinna said in March. “It was such an honor to share her with the world. And those posts, they keep her alive.”
source: people.com
