Parenthood is often described as a journey of both chaos and beauty — and for Jenna Bush Hager, that sentiment has never felt truer. The 43-year-old TODAY Show co-host and former first daughter recently opened up in her Voices at the Table newsletter about how her children constantly remind her of what truly matters in life.
In her October 6 entry, Bush Hager shared a tender moment that moved her to tears: a snapshot of her 12-year-old daughter Mila’s school assignment. The prompt was simple — “I want” — but Mila’s answers revealed a depth and innocence that caught her mother off guard. “My daughter brought me to tears with this school assignment, where she answered the prompt ‘I want,’” Jenna wrote in her Instagram Stories, promoting the newsletter.
What Mila wrote was both disarmingly sweet and heartbreakingly wise. She wished for “the world to be peaceful and scary stuff to be fake,” and, most poignantly, she wrote that she wanted to “meet my mom when she was my age.” Those words, Jenna admitted, made her stop and reflect — not only on her daughter’s view of the world but also on her own memories as a young girl growing up under the public eye.
“I realized that sometimes I find the most comfort in the beauty and innocence of my children,” Jenna shared. “All I have to do is read their assignments, cuddle with them at night, pay attention to the creative and loving things they say — and then I feel like our world is filled with such profound and sparkly hope.”
Her reflections capture the quiet, transformative magic of motherhood — the way a child’s words can pierce through the noise of modern life and remind a parent of the small, fleeting joys that make up a family’s story. Jenna went on to write that as she watches her children sleep, she imagines “the world as a beautiful beach, filled with sea glass in colors we have never found before.”
Jenna shares her three children — Mila, 12, Poppy, 10, and Hal, 7 — with her husband, Henry Hager. While her life today revolves around morning shows, writing, and raising a family, she remains candid about the messy realities of motherhood. She has openly admitted that “logistics can be difficult” as the kids grow older and schedules get busier. Yet, despite the chaos, her focus remains unwavering: ensuring each child feels deeply loved and understood.
On TODAY, Jenna often gushes about her kids but also keeps things refreshingly real. “Sometimes I hide from the kids in the pantry and just have a cheese stick,” she once joked, a line that resonated with parents everywhere who know exactly what that moment of escape feels like.
Still, beneath the humor lies a deep well of gratitude. “I try to find the love and the pleasure that I know I have for my kids even in the tedious parts of parenting,” she wrote — a reminder that even in exhaustion and imperfection, there’s beauty.https://www.instagram.com/p/DIsC_ZaAqVF/embed/captioned/?cr=1&v=14&wp=540&rd=https%3A%2F%2Fviewfindernews.com&rp=%2Fbtvmailinh%2Fi-never-thought-my-daughter-would-do-something-like-that-in-the-latest-episode-of-voices-at-the-table-jenna-bush-hager-the-well-known-host-of-the-today-show-left-viewers%2F%3Ffbclid%3DIwY2xjawNz#%7B%22ci%22%3A0%2C%22os%22%3A1757.3999999761581%2C%22ls%22%3A1688.3999999761581%2C%22le%22%3A1690.5999999046326%7D
For Jenna Bush Hager, motherhood isn’t about getting everything right. It’s about recognizing the wonder in everyday life — the scribbled words in a school notebook, the quiet snuggles before bed, and the realization that, through her children’s eyes, the world still holds endless possibilities.
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