Reba McEntire Would ‘Give Anything’ To Visit Late Mother In Heaven
By Movieguide® Contributor
Reba McEntire is remembering her late mother in her emotional new song, “Seven Minutes in Heaven.”
“I dedicated this song to my Mama. She took a trip to heaven in 2020 and I’d give anything to visit her up there for seven minutes,” the country star posted on Instagram.
McEntire talked more about the song during an appearance on the TODAY show, saying, “When you find a song that really touches your heart and chokes you up, I gotta sing it. I gotta record it, and that’s what you’re always looking for is a song that touches your heart. That way, when I sing it, hopefully, it’ll touch your heart too.”
The singer delves deeper into her family life in her new book, “Not That Fancy: Simple Lessons on Living, Loving, Eating, and Dusting Off Your Boots.”
“Talking about Mama, that was the hardest [part],” McEntire said of putting the book together. “I think I had to stop four or five times and regroup and go back and do it again…I’ve got a picture of her right here on my desk. She’s just smiling, and that’s the way I remember her so well.”
She continued, “She was a strong woman, and that’s where I get that from. Her daddy was strong too, but Mama was really tough. So talking about her and me saying that I had lost my want to sing because she passed, that was very true. And Susie [McEntire’s younger sister] would just smile and say, ‘Ah, you’ll get it back.’ And she was right, I did. But it took a few months.”
Movieguide® previously reported:
When country star Reba McEntire’s mother died in 2020, the singer almost ended her career.
She revealed why on the TODAY show—her mom was her inspiration.
“Oh I didn’t want to [sing]. I told my little sister Susie when we were working at the house, I said, ‘I don’t know if I want to sing anymore.’ She said, ‘Why?’ I said, ‘Because I always sang for Mama,’” McEntire said.
“Mama was the one that inspired us kids, taught us kids how to sing, took us to our singing gigs and was our biggest cheerleader,” she continued.
“We didn’t have radio in the car. It was four kids in the backseat, rough-housing and, you know, Mama would get us to sing to pass the time,” she said. “We were the singing McEntires.”
McEntire’s mother loved music and wanted to be a singer herself. She felt happy that McEntire could do what she loved.
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