Debbie Allen and Phylicia Rashad’s Mom Vivian Turns 100.Photo:Debbie Allen/Instagram
Debbie Allen/Instagram
Debbie AllenandPhylicia Rashad’s mom Vivian Ayers Allen is 100.
The mother of Debbie, 73, and Rashad, 75, — who is a Pulitzer Prize-nominated poet and activist — recently turned 100 and, to celebrate, her youngest daughter shared a loving tribute to her onInstagramon Thursday.
“Mom ❤️ You are the true Renaissance Woman Lish, Vivian, Condola, Carmen, Gel, Tracey, Natalie, Chloe, Shiloh, Avi, and I aspire to [be],” Debbie captioned the post, along with a carousel of photographs.
In the first photo, Debbie and her mom smiled together in matching black dresses at a formal event, while other shots showed Vivian’s centenary birthday celebrations, including a group shot of family and friends, a beautifully decorated birthday cake created in the shape of the number 100 and a sweet photo of the mother and daughter smiling at one another.
Debbie Allen posts a photo of her mom’s 100th birthday cake.Debbie Allen/Instagram
“THANK YOU for giving us a path of Light, Love, Fight and Faith to follow. ✨,” Debbie continued in her post. “We celebrate your 100 Years around the sun! ☀️”
Debbie Allen is seen on June 25, 2023 in Los Angeles, California.Debbie Allen/Instagram
“It was my mother who taught us choral speech; it was my mother who taught us to tumble across the living room floor,” she toldNPRin 2010.
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Rashad continued, “It was my mother who gave us a real appreciation for art and literature as living things, not just as something hung on the wall or placed on the shelf — an appreciation for ideas and the power of thought and human intention.”
“This is something I always say to parents: Take your children with you wherever you go,” Vivian said on Instagram Live a few years back, perEssence. “No matter how difficult it is. That’s how Phylicia and I have become who we are. Mommy always told us that we were children of the universe, and we had no boundaries,” she added.
source: people.com
