Marcia Cross: Twins Provide Their Dad With 'the Best Medicine'
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Although they don’t know it yet, 2-year-old twins Eden and Savannah Mahoney have been instrumental in helping their dad Tom Mahoney as he battles an undisclosed form of cancer. Their mom, actress Marcia Cross, shared during a recent appearance on The Bonnie Hunt Show that the girls visited their father in the hospital just once, but it was with great success! “I was sort of apprehensive,” Marcia admits, “but we just wanted to make it really normal.”
“We didn’t tell them where they were going in case we had to change plans, but they came in and they were so happy to see him. They just wanted to … explore everything. It was great. It’s the best medicine…They don’t know what a hospital is, they don’t care. It’s just…’There’s dad!’”
Marcia, 47, keeps Tom connected to their family of four when he is undergoing treatment any way she can! During a brief hospitalization last week, Tom was missing out on the girls adventures in potty training. “Lets just say we took pictures of what went in the potty to show Daddy,” she laughed. “He’s a very proud papa!”
The girls are growing up in more ways than one. Whether it’s being “very mischievous together” or playing hide-and-seek, they are developing distinct personalities and making sure their opinions are heard! Marcia recalled one recent exchange at bedtime, when the girls were “stalling” to have more time with mom. “It’s, ‘Another book, another hug, another kiss,” she explained, adding:
“One of them was face down in the crib and she said, ‘Another song Mama?’ And I’m just thinking…you’re so tired, you love them, but you’re like, ‘Go to sleep I’m exhausted!’ And so I start singing ‘Rock a Bye Baby,’ and I hear, ‘I’m not a baby anymore, Mama.’ I’m like, ‘Okay, fair enough.’”
Source: The Bonnie Hunt Show
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