That determination will surely help her tackle whatever else comes her way.
At some point, June confessed to Lauryn that McDaniel actually wasn’t her biological father.
“He admitted to her, no.
But this is hardly a happy-ending situation: Ford is also a convicted sex offender whose victims were minors.
However, once he and June parted ways, Thompson opted to stay out of the picture altogether.
“Honestly, I’m unaware of how he’s doing at all,” Lauryn toldPeoplein 2023.
“We literally have no jot down of communication.
Neither does Alana.”
“It started lightning.
The lightning hit the house.
The game system was plugged up, the lightning conducted, and zap!
She was electrocuted,” June explained.
“Pumpkin’s never been the same since she got her brain fried.”
“Normal Pumpkin, crazy Pumpkin.
Happy Pumpkin, stupid Pumpkin.
Uncooked Pumpkin, cooked Pumpkin.”
She’d been together with Josh Efird for three years when she learned she was pregnant at 17.
“So happy to be starting this new adventure with him,” she announced onInstagram.
However, the drama surrounding June made life difficult for the new parents.
But June spent less than a day there before leaving.
Days later, she and Doak were arrested on charges of domestic violence and drug possession.
They were ordered into rehab, where June finally got sober.
Sister Jessica moved in with her for a time to help with the busy household.
The girls were skeptical of their mom’s ability to stay sober and earn their trust.
After several years, though, the family is closer to a place of peace.
Cardwell underwent chemotherapy and radiation, but the disease was too aggressive.
By autumn, she was living with Mama June and receiving care from a hospice nurse.
By early December, as Lauryn was arranging a Christmas get-together, Anna’s health sharply declined.
On the 9th, she died peacefully, surrounded by her loved ones.
Alana made it back home from college in Colorado just in time to say her final goodbyes.
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The heartbreaking time was filmed for their reality show.
“We can’t see her again.
Now I have to live with that.
The split also put an end to an unconventional plan that was once on the family’s table.
In an interview withET, Lauryn seemed ambivalent about the idea: “I don’t know.
There’s a lot that ties into it more than just doing.”
Lauryn wasted no time in jumping back into the dating scene.
The couple seems happy, but as June notes, Lauryn is still quite young.
“Who knows if her and Darrin are going to last,” she mused to People.
“Right now, they’re together.
Nobody knows what the future holds.”
