Kendra Wilkinson and son Hank Jr.Photo:Kendra Wilkinson/Instagram
Kendra Wilkinson/Instagram
Kendra Wilkinsoncan’t believe how grown up her son is.
TheKendra Sells Hollywoodstar, 38, shared a sweet tribute on her Instagram Story Monday as she celebrated son Hank Jr. on his 14th birthday. Wilkinson shares the teen, as well as daughter Alijah Mary, 9, with exHank Baskett.
The birthday boy towered over mom in the black and white photo, wearing a jersey and a medal around his neck as Wilkinson held his basketball.
“Happy birthday to my son Hank. I love you so much and I’m so proud of you!!!” she captioned the shot.
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Kendra Wilkinson and son Hank Jr.Kendra Wilkinson/Instagram
“It was impossible to be happy at that point," Wilkinson told Gorga of that time in her life. “I didn’t even know how to be happy. My kids were what gave me the purpose.”
Wilkinson credits her two children with Baskett with giving her the push to “stay alive, to keep going, to drive them to hockey and basketball and smile and watch them do everything. They’re the ones who kept my heart beating.”
Wilkinson and Baskett finalized their divorce in February 2019 where they both agreed to split joint legal and physical custody of their two children.
Kendra Wilkinson with daughter Alijah and son Hank Jr.Axelle/Bauer-Griffin/FilmMagic
Axelle/Bauer-Griffin/FilmMagic
The mom of two said she felt “like a zombie” as she struggled to figure out her next steps and “what I was going to do for a living.”
“I have nobody paying my bills. Never have…It was so hard,” she recalled. “So, four years, five years afterwards. I’m like, ‘Okay, I did a lot of healing. I did a lot of healing from Playboy.’ I’m like, ‘Okay, who am I? Who is this chick? I don’t even know who this person is.’”
In a scene from the first season of herDiscovery+ serieslast year, the formerGirls Next Doorstar shared her gratitude for the relationship she shares with her kids and where she is on her parenting journey.
“I couldn’t have asked for better kids. I mean, when it comes to parenting and when it comes to my bonding with them, so sacred and so powerful,” she said. “If there’s one part of my life I’m doing right, it’s them.”
source: people.com
