Julia recently marked her late mother’s birthday
In honor of her mom’s birthday on 13 August, she posted a photograph of Betty on Instagram, captioning it: “Thinking of my sweet Mama on her birthday today.”
Betty died at the age of 80 on 19 February 2015 following a tragic battle with lung cancer.
Julia, 54, was incredibly close to her mother who she credited for teaching her how to be a great parent to her own three children with husband Danny: 17-year-old twins Hazel and Phinnaeus, and Henry, 15.
In an interview with People magazine, she said: “My mom worked a full-time job and raised three girls pretty much on her own. My brother [Eric Roberts] is older, so he was gone and out of the house. She never showed the strain of it.”
When Julia asked Betty for tips on motherhood when she had three children under the age of three, she had some down-to-earth advice.
“I was like, ‘Mom, how did you do this?’,” she said. “And instead of saying, ‘Well you just have to apply yourself and it takes effort,’ she goes, ‘It’s called daycare, honey.’
“And I was so appreciative and so grateful she didn’t tell me some sage story about what it’s like to be a great mother.”
