Fox News anchor Ainsley Earhardt honoured her mother Dale Earhardt as a tribute following her Saturday death at the age 72.
“You all probably are wondering how I can come to work today,” Ainsley said on Monday’s segment of “Fox & Friends” (per Mediaite). “The answer is my mom would have wanted me to.”
Five years ago, Dale suffered a stroke. Her husband informed her children about her declining health around a week before her death so they could be there when she passes. Dale was also diagnosed at 39 with diabetes and was on dialysis for gallbladder problems.
According to Ainsley: Dale “was a teacher for 33 years” and loved watching Fox & Friends. Dale kept tabs on her daughter’s work on the segment.
“She knew when I was taking a day off and would say, ‘Where are you?!”Recall of the co-anchor
Dale’s grandkids received the news of their grandmother’s death Saturday night. Ainsley, an ardent Christian, asked her grandchildren what Christmastime would be like with her grandmother in heaven.
Graham, Graham’s nephew, said that “there are going to be a lot of balloons,” while Ainsley’s daughter, Hayden, said, “Can we pick up the phone and call her in heaven.”
Ainsley concluded the segment by stating that her mother would want her to be at work. She then revealed that her sister returned to teaching Monday.
“We’re just grateful we know her faith was strong,”Ainsley stated. “We know where she is. She’s with Jesus. She loved the lord and taught all of us about Jesus and took us to church every single Sunday.”
“Dad was kind of not the governor but we called him the governor,”She continued. “He knows everybody in South Carolina and is so well loved. Mom was kind of the one who was the support system for our family. And she cooked dinner for us every night.”
Ainsley also praised her mother’s servitude to her community.
“She was a school teacher. She would come home late, run around with our errands and have food on the table for my dad,”She added. “So she just was a servant. She served everybody in her community. She had a lot of friends. She loved playing bridge and shanghai.”
