By Gavin Boyle
While Candace Cameron Bure took a 10-year break from acting when she first became a parent, she wishes she would have been even more present with her children during that time.
“That break from acting and staying home for my kids was a refining season for me. And I grew to love it, but I can even look back in that season, and I wish I could have some do-overs in that – because even though my life was slower and less hurried, my mind wasn’t always in it,” Bure said in a recent episode of her podcast.
“I wasn’t always present. I grew so much, but I really felt like I missed out on certain things with my kids. Because even if I was at hockey practice with them, or even when I was in the classroom as the craft mom for that week, my mind wasn’t really there,” Bure added. “And I feel I can look back and I feel bad about that. I wish I could have enjoyed those moments more and sat in it, but my mind was often future-thinking, going, ‘Well, what else is next? What am I going to do?’”
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Despite Bure’s regrets she has a wonderful relationship with her kids and her decision to step away from acting for a decade was not done in vain. Last year, she even spent an entire season of her podcast discussing parenting and was joined by her son Lev who shared his perspective on things too.
Meanwhile, this year, Bure is starring in a Christmas movie with her daughter Natasha who has followed Bure’s footsteps into the world of acting.
“This was such a blessing to me as a mom. You know, my daughter’s been an actress for over 10 years; it’s what her career path has been, and she’s a wonderful actress, and I’ve been looking for a project really hoping that we could do something together, and I asked her if she would do this movie with me, and she said yes,” Bure told Movieguide®. “I know that probably sounds like an easy thing, like, of course, it’s your daughter, why wouldn’t you want to do a movie? But it’s not that easy.”
As for Bure’s racing mind, she has since found ways to find peace rather than constantly having it be on the move.
“I mean, if you stop and think about that, you can’t be like, ‘What am I going to do? What’s going to happen to me? Am I going to make it? What’s going to happen with the future?’ You can’t do that and be super grateful and praise God and count your blessings one by one,” Bure said, explaining how she finds peace through the Lord. “Kind of can’t do that at the same time. There’s no capacity. So the posture of gratitude, I think Paul was really saying, okay, so don’t be anxious about anything, but take that before the Lord with thanksgiving.”
Like every other parent before her, Bure was not perfect, however, despite her shortcomings and regrets, she was still able to raise amazing children who she has very strong relationships with.
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