has endured a difficult year in her personal life following the , William Garner, in April. The Hollywood star has been putting on a brave face not only for her three children, but her mom, Patricia, too. Patricia has been spending time with her daughter in Los Angeles, and Jennifer took her on a very special trip on Memorial Day, which can be viewed in the video below.
The star took great delight in taking her mother to the Hollywood Walk of Fame, where she posed in front of Jennifer's star, which she received back in August 2018. The trip to see Jennifer's star would have no doubt been bittersweet for both the actress and her mom, as at the time of receiving it, the star was joined by her mother and her late father. Photos from the happy occasion showed the family - also including , and her sisters - all dressed up for the event.
Jennifer announced the death of her father in an emotional Instagram post last month. She shared a number of photos of her dad, who was 85 when he died, from over the years, along with a heartfelt tribute. It read: "My dad passed peacefully Saturday afternoon.
We were with him, singing Amazing Grace as he left us (did we carry him across or scare him away – valid question.) "While there is no tragedy in the death of an 85 year old man who lived a healthy, wonderful life, I know grief is unavoidable, waiting around unexpected corners." She wrote about finding "gratitude" in the life that he'd lived, the people he'd touched, and the legacy he'd lef.