Ashley Judd honors Naomi Judd as she spends first Mother's Day without her mom

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Ashley Judd honored her late mother Naomi Judd as she prepared for her first Mother's Day without the country music star. Ashley expressed her thoughts in an op-ed published by USA Today Friday, six days after Naomi reportedly took her own life.The 54-year-old actress touched on her mother's legacy but also talked about the struggles the singer went through. "My mama was an extraordinary parent under duress: She showed my sister and me the power of having a voice and using it, and there has been no greater lesson," Ashley wrote.  "But motherhood happened to her without her consent.

She experienced an unintended pregnancy at age 17, and that led her down a road familiar to so many adolescent mothers, including poverty and gender-based violence." Ashley Judd, Naomi Judd (Getty) Naomi had been outspoken about her struggles with mental illness throughout her career.

She most recently wrote about her suicidal depression in the book, "River of Time: My Descent into Depression and How I Emerged with Hope," released in 2016. "My mama was a legend," Ashley wrote. "She was an artist and a storyteller, but she had to fight like hell to overcome the hand she was dealt, to earn her place in history.