Ainsley Earhardt is, for many, one of the first voices they hear as they start their day.
Earhardt is living her best life right now, but she endured plenty of hardship over the years.
Earhardt’s first marriage was to Kevin McKinney, whom she married in 2005.
The newlyweds had a fancy reception at the governor’s mansion.
A day after Earhardt’s statement went public, Proctor filed for divorce.
Proctor, however, vehemently denied these allegations.
“I am disappointed that this private matter has become public.”
“I mean, ask any parent who has their spouse fighting for our country and they’re overseas.
It does have its challenges because it’s just me,” she said.
Her mother had a stroke
In 2018, Ainsley Earhardt was dealing with a family emergency.
Her mother, Dale Earhardt, suffered a severe stroke.
“She had probably the most severe form of a stroke,” he said.
Dale had to pay a visit to the hospital three times a week to receive dialysis.
She’d been on the kidney transplant list for years but had yet to find a donor.
I’ve told her some stories about some of the cases here in New York.
So she settled for one, and she expected the journey to that dream would be pretty straightforward.
“I wanted a baby so badly, but it wasn’t working out.
I began feeling really sad that we were having so much trouble conceiving,” she wrote.
“I continuously saw pregnant ladies on the sidewalks, children on park swings, and moms pushing strollers.
My professional friends were getting pregnant, and I was not.”
So Earhardt planned to have her baby in the fall.
In retrospect, she recalled what one of her friends once told her.
“‘We plan, God laughs.’
She was right,” Earhardt wrote.
She had a miscarriage
After eight long months of trying to conceive, Earhardt finally got pregnant.
They recorded it and called their family to share their pregnancy news.
Their second appointment, however, stood in stark contrast to the first.
“I had to have an operation to remove my lifeless baby.
I felt despairknowing my child and I would be permanently separated.”
Speaking to"I Am Second,“Earhardt recalled how awfulthe aftermath of her miscarriagewas.
She told me, ‘It’s a girl.'”
She eventually became pregnant again, and this time, welcomed a healthy baby girl.
“You’re maybe wondering how I can come to work today.
Mom would have wanted me to,” Earhardt said.
“We’re just grateful we know her faith was strong.
We know where she is.
She’s with Jesus.
She loved the Lord,” Earhardt added.
According to Earhardt, Dale was the glue that kept them all together.
“She was a school teacher.
So she just was a servant.
She served everybody in her community,” Earhardt said.
Many families rely on child care from other countries."
What a stuck up snob!"
The backlash got so bad that Earhardt eventually issued a formal statement to the Charlotte Observer.
Prior to the media storm, Earhardt admitted that dealing with public criticism was never fun.
“I wouldn’t be human if it didn’t [affect me],” she said.
