Valerie Bertinelli is wanting again at her relationship together with her late mom in a touching social media tribute.
Taking to Instagram on Friday, July 18, the actress shared a photograph of her workspace, and famous the most recent decor addition — {a photograph} of her mom Nancy who died in 2019 at age 82 from rheumatoid arthritis.
“I added an image of my mother only recently,” Bertinelli, 65, captioned the put up. “That is her at 18, I believe. Isn't she lovely?”
As she continued the caption, the One Day at a Time alum mirrored on her grief and the way a lot she missed her mom.
“I've been speaking to her quite a bit these days. I do know she hears me. I can really feel it, however I want she had been right here so I may see it in her eyes,” she wrote. “There was a lot left unsaid when she was alive. My regrets have handed, however I hope she is aware of how a lot I beloved her.”
Bertinelli additionally defined the inclusion of an inspirational quote placard in her workspace, which sat subsequent to the photograph of her mom.
“I've had this quote ‘Life doesn't put issues in entrance of you that you're unable to deal with' for what seems like eternally, all the time sitting there, all the time reminding me,” Bertinelli wrote.
She added, “It has confirmed to be fairly true. Life might really feel extremely tough and difficult generally, however I all the time get by means of it. And the happier, peaceable instances far outweigh the tough ones.”
Bertinelli has admitted up to now that she's usually fairly a reflective individual. After sharing information of a brand new relationship with Mike Goodnough in April 2024, she posted about her gratitude for her followers' assist after taking a stroll to replicate on the sentiment.
“Once I go on my walks, I do quite a lot of reflecting. Generally candy, generally difficult,” Bertinelli wrote by way of Instagram on the time. “Reflecting on this week and the kindness all of you might have proven me in our conversations on the Indulge e book signings, and right here on-line, I simply wished to ship out an enormous thanks for supporting me and for all of your candy responses to my life updates. 🥰.”
Regardless of the fan assist for the connection, Bertinelli and Goodnough known as it quits 10 months later.
Robin Marchant/Getty Pictures Valerie Bertinelli is feeling all of the love after sharing some private updates. “Once I go on my walks, I do quite a lot of reflecting. Generally candy, generally difficult,” Bertinelli, 63, wrote by way of Instagram on Monday, April 22. “Reflecting on this week and the kindness all of you might have proven me in our […]
Goodnough, 54, spoke out in regards to the couple's cut up by way of a prolonged Instagram put up in April 2025, which featured a picture of textual content that learn: “You & me. The top.”
“Scripting this put up makes me completely depressing,” he wrote. “Nevertheless it seems like one thing I've to do.”
He continued, “A pair weeks in the past, there was an ado about battle between Valerie and I that ended up within the press. A put up of mine right here was the reason for it. I remorse having posted it. I want I hadn't. The problem addressed was actual. My put up made it worse reasonably than higher.”
“Valerie and I had an advanced relationship,” Goodnough added. “Our time as a pair ended months in the past however our shut contact solely actually ended not too long ago. So, it's extra ‘recent' than it could appear.”
