Marcia Cross: Twins Provide Their Dad With ‘the Best Medicine’
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Although they don’t know it yet, 2-year-old twins Eden and Savannah Mahoney have been instrumental in helping their dad Tom Mahoney as he battles an undisclosed form of cancer. Their mom, actress Marcia Cross, shared during a recent appearance on The Bonnie Hunt Show that the girls visited their father in the hospital just once, but it was with great success! “I was sort of apprehensive,” Marcia admits, “but we just wanted to make it really normal.”
“We didn’t tell them where they were going in case we had to change plans, but they came in and they were so happy to see him. They just wanted to … explore everything. It was great. It’s the best medicine…They don’t know what a hospital is, they don’t care. It’s just…’There’s dad!’”
Marcia, 47, keeps Tom connected to their family of four when he is undergoing treatment any way she can! During a brief hospitalization last week, Tom was missing out on the girls adventures in potty training. “Lets just say we took pictures of what went in the potty to show Daddy,” she laughed. “He’s a very proud papa!”
The girls are growing up in more ways than one. Whether it’s being “very mischievous together” or playing hide-and-seek, they are developing distinct personalities and making sure their opinions are heard! Marcia recalled one recent exchange at bedtime, when the girls were “stalling” to have more time with mom. “It’s, ‘Another book, another hug, another kiss,” she explained, adding:
“One of them was face down in the crib and she said, ‘Another song Mama?’ And I’m just thinking…you’re so tired, you love them, but you’re like, ‘Go to sleep I’m exhausted!’ And so I start singing ‘Rock a Bye Baby,’ and I hear, ‘I’m not a baby anymore, Mama.’ I’m like, ‘Okay, fair enough.’”
Source: The Bonnie Hunt Show
– Missy
- Posted on May 13, 09 at 5:00PM
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May 13th, 2009 at 5:19 pm
It’s great to see a celebrity mom out with her twins doing what every mom does. When you see celeb moms like her and Jennifer Garner you can really tell that they love having children and being a mom. They didn’t do it just for the attention.
May 13th, 2009 at 7:30 pm
I didn’t even know her husband had cancer. I hope he gets better.
May 13th, 2009 at 8:24 pm
Best wishes to her husband:/
May 13th, 2009 at 10:14 pm
Awww I’m gonna be so sad the day my kids tell me they’re “not babies anymore”!
May 14th, 2009 at 12:03 am
Oh my, reading about Tom being hospitalized last week. Wow, hope he improves and continues to improve! Did we ever find out what kind of cancer it is?
May 14th, 2009 at 3:46 am
I love to see pics from Marcia and her little girls. Hope her Husband gets better soon!
May 14th, 2009 at 6:48 am
Eternal canadian, the first sentence says “undisclosed form of cancer.”
I hope Tom is doing okay.
May 14th, 2009 at 12:12 pm
April, yes I read that but I thought maybe someone read something somewhere other than CBB.
May 14th, 2009 at 1:40 pm
Keeping Tom in my thoughts…
May 14th, 2009 at 5:43 pm
Ok, “toilet training pics”? That’s just kinda….gross.
I do love to see Marcia with the kids, they look happy. I wish the best to Tom.