When it Comes to Love, Kathie Lee Gifford Will Take ‘Anything the Lord Has for Me’

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Kathie Lee Gifford lost her mother this week, Joan Epstein. And a few year ago, she lost her beloved husband Frank Gifford. Needless to say, the woman knows of loss.

But as she told the magazine Prevention of her mother before she past: “She’s still the happiest human being you’ll ever meet. I call her every morning at 9 a.m., and I get her laughing within about 30 seconds. We mostly talk about her breakfast, which she lives for at this point. It’s always, always about sausage. I said, ‘Mom, that’s the way you spell joy, S-A-U-S-A-G-E.’”

She continued: “One day she surprised me: She had oatmeal and some fruit. I said, ‘Mom, that’s unbelievable.’ She said, ‘Well, it’s important to stay healthy while you’re dying.’ That’s my mom.”

“She said, ‘Would you be open to love again?’ I said, ‘Mom, I’m open to anything the Lord has for me at this point in my life,’ ” Gifford shared.

Read more at Prevention.