Vanessa Williams

And I knew that something had gone wrong.

And they said that his younger brother had died.

And so it wasn't even like I had a moment to say, this happened and I feel uncomfortable.

That was like the reality was hitting me.

I was like, okay, I'm not even going to bring that up.

So that's kind of what my reality was.

And I just buried it.

And also your parents, you really don't want to tell, I mean, unless you've got a really extraordinarily close relationship, it's hard to talk to your parents about anything.

that's unusual or you know even if you know smoking weed i just found out my i was on a facetime with my two daughters and like yeah i remember that time we got high we went to you know this is this the two of them talking together it got high we painted uh you know went to the ceramic studios it colored me mine and and painted some stuff and i'm like where when was this and how did i

How did I not, you know, how did you not share this with me?

But anyway, you know.

Well, they know, but I was very, I was very, whenever, I always think that I believe in teachable moments.

So when they're in high school, if they ever ask me a question, I will completely be honest.

Yeah, absolutely.

I remember my daughter asked like, um, we are watching the news and it was about like, you know, if the weed you smoked, you think was, you know, good.

Well, right now there it's called hydroponic and your kids are smoking different kind of weed and whatever.

And marijuana, they would say on TV.

And my eldest daughter said, mom, did you ever smoke?

I go, yeah.

And then instead of like, my brain would be like, how did it feel?