- ♪ MTV ♪
- What would you think if we moved?
- I got a text from our realtor.
They accepted our offer.
[upbeat music]
- ♪ Get it going, get it going ♪
- Well, we've officially moved into the new house.
- Hi!
- I'm really excited for our birthday.
- Are you really excited?
Me too.
Am I gonna get you on the dance floor?
I'm actually super sad that you guys are 13.
- Those are gonna be the years, Mom.
- It's just a matter of time until I'm on my own.
- So you and Maci, you feel good about it?
- Yeah, but we, you know,
we kind of agreed to--
that I get to see Bentley.
Can I take Bentley to dinner on Wednesday?
- I'm sure Bentley would love it.
Honestly, I'm kind of anxious.
- He's been a black cloud that hangs over us.
- It's like my womb know that a child is gone.
- He was my only brother,
and there's just a different relationship
that I have with my sister than I had with my brother.
You feel your heart literally breaking.
Bar just started his community service.
- Tell me a little about how you got here.
- I fired my gun in a situation that I shouldn't have.
- It's time for her to get that surgery done.
- Yeah. - The big one,
the one that we've been talking about for so long.
- They gotta rewire my wires.
- 'Cause we gotta figure out Maya's surgery.
- They're pushing her surgery back two to three weeks.
[upbeat rock music]
♪ ♪
- ♪ North is where I come to sleep ♪
♪ Chase the wind, the wildest dream ♪
- Nova, will you come in the bathroom
so we can change your shirt for cheer?
Come here. Watch out for the baby.
[baby crying] What?
You don't like it?
- No. - It's a shirt.
- Yeah, no, it's not.
- Yes, it is.
It's a cheer practice shirt.
I've seen a few of the girls at your class
wear stuff like that.
- No!
- Novalee is getting older.
She's eight years old.
She's in competitive cheer, which she loves.
And sometimes it's chaotic.
Recently, she has been self-conscious
about wearing tank tops and stuff.
And I hate the fact that she feels
self-conscious about her body
when she's only eight years old.
Like, have any of you guys dealt with any of that?
I feel like this is really early.
♪ ♪
Let's go in so you can change your shoes, Nova.
- Why? You have nothing to be embarrassed of.
I've seen other girls on your team
wear stuff like that to practice.
♪ ♪
[indistinct chatter]
Hold on.
[indistinct chatter]
♪ ♪
- Love it.
- She was all self-conscious about
wearing that to practice, and I was like,
it's like a workout shirt.
I was like, what? There's nothing wrong with it.
- Everybody go line up at the back of the mat.
Go to the back of the mat.
C-L spirit!
[all cheering]
- ♪ You're bad, ha, ha ♪
♪ But that's a good thing, ha ♪
♪ I got to hear smacking and the body's rocking ♪
♪ Before the hook play, ha ♪
♪ If you want to get up on it then what ♪
♪ Show me something, show you something ♪
♪ Keep it coming ♪
♪ Keep it, ah ♪
♪ Is this what you want ♪
♪ That's what I want, that's what I want ♪
♪ Is this what you want ♪
- Nova was embarrassed in her tank top at cheer.
- Is that normal?
Or is that just part of her wanting
to have her own privacy?
Or is that because something happened?
I don't know. You know what I mean?
This is when I get all freaked out.
- I don't know.
- What does that mean?
Is this a new thing?
- Mom's right here.
And I told her, I said--
- I've also never had an eight-year-old daughter
before, either, so I don't know.
Is this one--babe, help me out.
Do you remember when you started getting...
- I don't remember.
I don't. - All right.
So we're all in the dark here.
- Yeah.
- It's weird.
- Mommy! [speaking indistinctly]
- ♪ Here we go ♪
♪ Feel the good times going around ♪
- Are you buckled? - No.
- I'm good.
- You guys excited? - Yeah.
Perfect day to ride.
- It really is. - Yeah.
- ♪ Here we go ♪
- Saddles, helmets-- we have everything.
- Mm-hmm.
Since yesterday,
we've been riding for two years.
- I can't believe it's been two years already.
- Equine therapy has been beneficial for you.
- Yeah.
- It's strengthened you.
It's built your confidence.
- Here's kind of funny.
So we first walked in the barn.
And I was like, oh, this is scary.
I'm gonna go in, and it's gonna be--
I'm gonna be a goner.
Like, this is it for me.
This is Stewie.
This is the horse you'll be riding.
I was like, oh--I was scared.
It turned out to be my favorite.
And I think he was the horse
that helped me, like, overcome my fear.
- Your determination is like no other.
Nothing holds you back.
If you've envisioned the future with riding--
do you always want to do it?
- I want to do it forever, like, with horses,
work with horses, be with horses.
And I think, like, my next goal to be is to show by myself.
- Ooh, by yourself?
- Mm-hmm.
- You guys ready? - Yeah.
- ♪ You couldn't speak ♪
♪ You say a word ♪
- I'm, of course, proud of all of my girls.
But when Ali was first diagnosed
with muscular dystrophy,
no one really knew what to expect.
- We've got the test results.
And it revealed there is evidence of a muscle disorder.
- Ali may be able to walk, but how Ali wants to walk.
You can fall very easily, you know.
- Ah!
- Mom.
♪ ♪
[Ali crying]
- You're okay.
All of a sudden, it's like,
she can't do things that she was doing.
Or she feels really tired.
She's falling asleep in class. - Mm-hmm.
- She's falling more.
Like, it's just scary.
- Any kind of muscular dystrophy can do that.
We just have to continue to evaluate her
and give her help.
- Well, she's doing better than anyone has ever expected.
And equine therapy has been very helpful.
- ♪ I know what you have to do ♪
♪ You can say the words ♪
♪ Words, words ♪
♪ Hearing it come from you would just make it worse ♪
♪ ♪
- Hey, Mom, come in here.
I have an idea.
- What are you doing?
Oh!
- Hi, Lucky.
- Hi, Lucky boy.
- What's up?
I've been thinking about writing my own book
to share how horses can help somebody--people.
- I mean, I've known that you always wanted to write.
Even whenever-- like, little things
you've wrote in the past.
I just was waiting for you to come to me
and tell me when you were ready to write your story.
I was gonna actually talk to the publisher
about writing my second book.
But instead, we can write yours.
This is a fantastic idea.
And I love that you will be able to share your story
from your perspective.
So I will talk to them and see what we can do.
- Okay. Let me know what they say.
I'm excited. - Yeah, me too.
♪ ♪
- ♪ Pull me in and knock me out ♪
♪ ♪
- Big day, little girl.
- Mm-hmm.
- I know she'll be fine.
She's a warrior.
- Hi, girl.
♪ ♪
Oh, great, now here I go.
- [scoffs]
[somber music]
Yeah, Daddy just doesn't want you to be in pain.
That's it.
♪ ♪
- ♪ I'm here from a burning rooms ♪
♪ Pray that a love can't lose ♪
♪ All that I say is true ♪
♪ You know it's all on you ♪
♪ ♪
- I feel like it's always, you look in the fridge,
and then you go back five minutes later, and...
- Is that what you're going through right now?
- I'm hungry.
Are you not?
- I am.
But I'm trying to wait
and just get, like, takeout or something.
Because it's Maya's surgery.
- Let's get takeout and sit on the couch.
- Yeah.
- When Ryder gets home--
- I didn't tell her before she went to school.
- No.
- She wouldn't have wanted to go.
She would have had, like, anxiety all day.
- I feel like you would have got a text from her teachers.
- Cory asked to call Ryder today when surgery was over.
He wanted to just check on Ryder
and then tell her that Maya had surgery
and everything was fine once it was done.
I said that would--
is fine.
- Yeah.
- It's so hard.
And it's weird, because I can see so much of Ryder in Maya.
And it's like, it's too close to home.
- Yeah.
- I'm ready for Ryder to come home from school.
I feel like when stuff like this is going on,
I just like to look at my kids.
♪ ♪
- I'm glad my parents took Mila to a restaurant
so that we could just leave without her knowing.
'Cause I didn't want her to be all sad, and...
- We are trying to make this as easy on the kids as we can.
- I just want to get it over with.
- I'm right there with you.
- I'm, like, emotionally drained.
[crying] I've just hit my limit.
- Of course.
- That's why it doesn't really feel real.
It's like, I know it's been coming.
But I'm just like...
- Get this surgery done.
So then we don't have to worry about this.
- ♪ Caught in a whirlwind ♪
[siren wailing]
♪ Stumbling through the week ♪
- Hey, we're gonna be strong.
We're gonna make it through this.
We're right here at the finish line.
Let's get through this. Give me a kiss.
I love you.
♪ ♪
Hey. Mommy loves you.
Your sister loves you.
I love you.
Everyone's praying for you.
♪ ♪
Now, you got this.
♪ ♪
- ♪ Sometimes ♪
♪ I'm scared to move ♪
♪ Don't want to ruin the moment ♪
- Thank you very much.
How everybody been?
- I mean, it comes and goes.
- So what about you, Ma?
How are you feeling?
- All right.
- I've never seen my mom this hurt.
She lost something so dear.
And she's hurt to her soul.
We all just need time to process.
- ♪ Life, oh, life, isn't it wonderful ♪
♪ You and I ♪
- Hi.
- Hey, what's going on?
- We good.
So what have you been doing to keep your mind busy?
- Ooh, that's a very big question,
because my mind is all over the place.
In my mind, my son just died yesterday.
- Yeah.
- You know, every day, I have to remind myself
that some time has went on,
and I need to push forward.
How about you?
- I need to do something to get my spirits higher.
Because if not, I don't know
if we're gonna have no damn wedding.
Bar and I got engaged three years ago.
- Will you marry me?
- While the cameras weren't around,
Bar and I went and got married.
It wasn't even a courthouse ceremony
with COVID.
How long would we potentially be waiting for a marriage?
I have always wanted to have an actual wedding
with friends and family.
So why not have it now?
- With all this going on,
what are your plans with the wedding?
- I want to go to Dallas.
There's a designer out there,
she custom makes very exquisite dresses.
I want to go down there and see what she's got going on.
They're fully customizable.
I can take this piece from this dress,
this piece from this dress.
Yeah, so I'm gonna bring just my close friends.
You already know these people. Nunii.
- Yeah.
- Christy, Sam.
- Find something you like, and...
- You know we will.
- That's all that really matters.
All right. Love you. - Love you. Bye.
♪ ♪
- ♪ Where dreams can come alive ♪
♪ Dreams can come alive ♪
♪ We can feel the air we breathe ♪
♪ We're reaching for the light ♪
♪ We can do it ♪
- It's been a couple weeks
since Ryan and Bentley have hung out
just the two of them and went to dinner.
They haven't done anything together since then.
So I'm just wanting to do like a check-in with Bentley,
make sure he's doing okay.
And I decided to reach out to Coach B
and have a session with her.
- How would you say the relationship
with Ryan is coming along?
- I feel like it's definitely changed in a good way.
He just shows up more to, like, sports events and stuff.
- Yeah.
- Is there anything I could do different
or better to, like, support this relationship?
- No. - Okay.
It's also been challenging for Taylor.
- I just feel like I can put my energy
towards teaching Bentley how to become a man
that is nothing like Ryan.
- Going through this
and having to support Ryan and Bentley
and then support Taylor, it's been tough.
It's definitely a tricky situation.
- What's up, guys? - Hey, Taylor.
Can you hear us? - Hey, Maci.
- Hey, Mace. - Hey!
- Hey. - What's up?
- We're doing good. - Just busy.
Nova's in cheer, so we gotta start--
I'm starting to plan out travel for her competitions.
And so I'm getting a little taste of your guys' life.
- Kids, man.
- Yeah, [bleep] kids.
- Whose idea was this?
- I don't know.
- It was hers.
It wasn't me.
[laughter]
- So has anything happened with Ryan?
- I just texted him and sent him, like,
all of Bentley's--like,
his wrestling schedule for school.
And I know that they have, like,
texted a little bit more.
But I do think that they could spend more time together.
- How do you feel about it all though, Taylor?
- Not very excited about it.
If, you know,
it's what Bentley wants, then I'll be supportive.
But it's tough, 'cause like, since I've been in their life,
it's a revolving door, you know what I mean?
So like, it's gonna go good for a little bit,
and then it's gonna go away.
I can't convince myself
that this is gonna be the time.
Like, I'm being so pessimistic about the whole thing.
And I'm like, is there something wrong with me?
Like, do I just need to get over it?
- No, no, I don't--
I don't think it's anything to get over either.
'Cause honestly, Taylor, you're in a situation
where it's like, he has another dad.
So that's like--
- But you've been the dad. - Yeah, so it's like--
- So it's like, you are his dad, you know, like--
- It feels--yeah.
That's tough.
- It is tough, but...
- All kids want to know their parents
and have a relationship with their parents.
So it's gotta be hard for him.
- I know what it's like to have a dad that's [bleep], you know?
Honestly, I didn't have half of the stuff that Bentley has.
He's already ahead of the game.
Because he knows that he has the security and safety
with you as a man, as a--as a father,
as a real support pillar
of his whole foundation, I feel like.
I would take some pride in that, that you have that.
- You're always gonna catch him.
- Yeah.
- You will always be there to catch him.
- That's a good point.
I didn't think of it from that side.
- Literally, as he was just talking,
I was like, man, that's what it is.
- Yeah. - It's monumental.
It's huge.
I mean, it's gonna shape that boy
into who he's gonna be as a man.
And that's something that you can walk tall with
one day when they get older. - Yeah.
'Cause we all know it wasn't Ryan.
- Yeah. Yeah.
- I appreciate that. - Yeah.
♪ ♪
[upbeat music]
♪ ♪
- Mm-hmm.
There's nothing wrong with tank tops, Nova.
- Hey, will you talk to me about that, though?
- Yeah.
- I think you look great in a tank top.
Do you think you look good in a tank top?
Yeah. So wear it.
- Yeah, 'cause guess what.
You have the most prettiest body I've ever seen.
Nova's reaction about wearing a tank top
was definitely triggering for both of us,
but I think even more so for Ty,
because he was having things done to him
in a sexual abuse way in second grade.
And Nova's in second grade.
It's just bringing up those--
the body responses of the abuse, really.
♪ ♪
- I mean, I think the best thing for us to do
is just talk to somebody.
Hey, listen, like, how do you talk to your kid?
How do you establish this [bleep]?
What's the best approach? - Right.
It might even be stuff that we've already done.
- I mean, I don't know what else to do.
- Yeah, I think, like, talking to,
you know, a therapist that maybe, like, deals with
people who were sexually abused.
Or you know, maybe she has advice
about how you talk to kids and continuously talk to them.
- Yeah. What are the steps when they get older?
What do we do when they're nine and eight?
You know, help me out.
- ♪ Alone, alone, alone ♪
♪ And then I feel so alone ♪
♪ ♪
- I got the new shelf today in the mail.
- Oh, cool. - It's downstairs.
- We're supposed to put together a kitchen.
[computer dinging] - Hi.
- Hello. - Hello, Sandra.
Let me get in the frame here.
- Where do you guys want to start?
Like, are you struggling
with something in particular, or...
- For both of us growing up, we have had
sexual abuse things happen to us,
both of us as kids.
And now that we have three daughters,
as they're going through different ages in life,
things have been being brought up for us, ourselves,
as they hit certain ages. - Sure.
- I did notice our eight-year-old
recently is very--
she's starting to say stuff about, like,
not wanting to wear tank tops
and people are gonna think stuff.
And I kept asking, like, where is this coming from?
- How do you help them feel comfortable enough
to actually speak up on if something has happened?
- And that's the thing,
because I'm sure, as you know, you know,
a lot of kids don't come forward--
some never--because it's such an uncomfortable
thing to talk about.
And sometimes, you know, if parents--
and I think that's why it's important that
you're having talks with them.
I mean, I like to see these kind of talks,
to be honest, like, preschool.
Do you talk to them about body autonomy?
Like, my body is mine.
It belongs to me.
I don't have to sit on Grandpa's lap.
I don't have to kiss Aunt Sally.
- I think the first time we talked to her--
- She was, like, six.
Did some boys say they wanted to marry you today?
- Yes.
- He said he wanted to kiss you.
- He said he wanted to kiss you?
Do you think he kind of invaded,
came in your bubble,
and you didn't want him to be in your bubble?
- Yeah.
- So maybe next time, you can say,
"Hey, get out of my bubble."
So now she's eight.
And so I feel like--
- Do we just continue explaining it
the same way, or...
- But add a little more detail?
Because she's eight.
I want to give her age-appropriate kind of stuff
and a way to do it.
- Do you talk to them about the difference
between a good secret and a bad secret?
- No.
- Safe secret is, "You're throwing a party
for mom, don't tell," or you know,
"You're throwing a party for Grandma.
Don't tell Grandma," but you know,
any time someone asks you to keep a secret
that has anything to do with any of your body parts,
it's--you know, absolutely not.
Also, make sure you have these conversations
continuously, right? both: Yeah.
- So once a month, like, "Hey, anything happen at sch--
"anything you want to talk about?
Anything making you feel uncomfortable?"
both: Yeah.
- Like, thank you for sharing that
you both have your own trauma. - Mm-hmm.
- I think that's important. - Yeah.
- Thank you so much.
- Well, it was nice to meet you guys.
- You too. - Thank you, you too.
- I hope you have a great day.
♪ ♪
- Raising kids is so hard.
- It is. - Because you just don't know
if you [bleep] up until it's too late.
♪ ♪
You ready, mama?
[machines beeping]
♪ ♪
Here, you guys can see.
She's hooked up to a lot, to say the least.
The ventilator's over there.
My little princess.
♪ ♪
[phone ringing]
- Oh, here.
Cory's calling.
Hey.
- So the surgery went well.
She's taking a little longer to wake up.
They still have her on a ventilator.
It's hard.
You know, she's got tubes going
in and out of her belly button.
Blood's going through her.
It just all this stuff.
- Yeah. It's just a lot of stuff.
- Most importantly, she got through
the surgery successful, so that's good.
Now we just gotta recover.
And, yeah. - Okay.
- Hopefully she can get off that ventilator tomorrow.
- Ryder's right here, by the way.
I don't know--
- Let me see Ryder.
- Ryder, say hi to Daddy.
- Daddy!
Where are you?
- He's at the hospital.
- I'm at the hospital, love.
- Why?
- Maya had her surgery today.
- I need to tell my teacher.
- You need to tell your teacher?
- I'm gonna tell my teacher tomorrow.
- Let me know if you guys need anything,
or if you need us to bring anything
or send anything to the hospital,
or if Mila needs anything.
Oh, my God.
You guys are so strong.
[dramatic music]
♪ ♪
- ♪ You got it here today ♪
♪ So what you gonna do ♪
♪ Now what you gonna do with it ♪
- Hey!
It's my toy!
- It's a body.
- Toy!
- Which is it, a boy or a girl?
Do you know?
- Boy. - Okay.
- No! - I can tell because of the...
- No! - Penis?
- [laughs] The body parts.
Ah! - [laughing]
Ah!
She's like--I know. I get it.
- What's wrong with the body part?
- I think the body is cool,
like, all the veins and stuff.
- So what do you know about your body and other people,
like, touching your body?
Like, what do you know about that kind of stuff?
- If someone's touching you and if you don't like it,
that means that they're actually
irritating your bubble.
If they pop it, you will feel, like,
irritated or, like, stressed out.
- Scared or a gut feeling, anxiety a little bit,
like, ugh, yeah.
Say if somebody told you, like, an unsafe secret.
Like, a safe secret would be, like, me and Mom--
like, I was throwing a surprise birthday party for Mom,
and I didn't want her to know.
That's a safe secret.
- Or like, Jeremiah--
Jeremiah loves Brooklyn.
Don't tell. - That's a safe secret.
Do you know what a unsafe secret is?
- No. - An unsafe secret is like,
"Don't tell Mom and Dad."
- Do you think that if-- say, if anything--
if anyone were to touch you in an inappropriate way,
or touch any of your private parts,
or make you feel uncomfortable,
do you feel like you would feel safe enough
to come and tell me or Dad?
- Yes.
I'll definitely feel safe, because I can trust you.
- I think the conversation that we had with Nova
went really well.
You can tell that, through the years,
things that we've been telling her and stuff
have really stuck in her brain.
It was actually really rewarding to find out
that Ty and I actually have been doing
all of the right things
and saying all the right things
as far as educating them about their bodies
and how to protect themselves, which that was cool.
It made us feel really, really great that we've already
set up the foundation for that.
So that felt good.
[upbeat music]
- ♪ I lost my mind today ♪
♪ Staring into the white of the page ♪
♪ What set my current mood ♪ [video call ringing]
♪ I tear it out of the way ♪
- Hi, Leah. - Hi.
How are you? - I'm good.
How are you doing?
- I'm doing great.
- So I would love to hear your ideas.
What do you have in mind?
- Honestly, a couple of days
before I started this call,
Ali reached out to me, and she was like,
"Mommy, I'm ready to write my book."
And I was like, "What?"
It was, like, the perfect timing.
Because I had already set up this call with you.
- That is so amazing that
she wants to write her own book.
- I know.
As far as my second book, I was thinking
relationships, the healing journey afterwards.
Something like that is what I was thinking.
But I wanted to get your thoughts.
And also, Ali's book--
I think I want to start that off first.
Because it was so inspiring, what she said, that I was like,
you want to write about muscular dystrophy and
the challenges that you've had. - No.
I think that's really inspiring.
And I feel like that's a great way
to connect with other kids who might be going
through the same exact thing and also for parents
who are trying to figure out how to help their kids
who are living with muscular dystrophy.
I think that'll be absolutely beautiful.
And there's a lot of potential there.
So what I would recommend is have you write up
just a quick, like, little blurb about your project
that you want to pursue next and then also Ali's project.
We'll just iron out the fine details,
and we can go from there.
- Okay. I love it.
I think that sounds great.
- It is fantastic.
- Well, thank you so much, Ashlyn, for talking with me.
- Oh, my gosh, of course.
Okay. - Okay. Bye.
♪ ♪
Oh, man.
♪ ♪
This is us going through baskets
and not putting our clothes away.
So guess what. - Hmm?
- I had a talk with the publisher.
- What did they say?
- Well, they were excited about it.
They thought it was a brilliant idea.
I told them that, your book, I wanted to focus on first.
Your story is so inspiring.
But as your mom, I want you to tell me
how I can help you share your story.
They suggested talk about equine therapy
and how it's improved your muscle strength.
Also talking about having muscular dystrophy
before horseback riding.
Because you're gonna have-- you're gonna want
at least 30,000 to 40,000 words within your book.
- That's a lot of words. - It's a lot.
Have you thought about that? - No.
- No? - I haven't thought of it.
- Do you realize that you inspire a lot of other kids?
- Mm-mm.
- You do.
- Cool.
- And I think, with writing this book,
you're really gonna see.
This is your masterpiece.
So create it however you want to create it.
I'm proud of you for using your voice.
I'm proud of you for never giving up, never losing hope.
And I'm excited for what your future has in store.
Ali having a rare form of muscular dystrophy,
it's something that we just take as it comes.
We don't know what to expect
as far as her muscle strength over time
and how it will or could impact her.
Things might be harder if she can't get up certain hills
like the other kids.
Strength is more than a muscle.
It's also a mentality.
And she is probably one of the strongest people I know.
[soft music]
- ♪ Just carry on ♪
♪ ♪
- ♪ Come in a closed street ♪
♪ ♪
- Don't you think you should eat something?
Are you warm?
- My feet are cold.
- So when it rains, it pours.
Cory is still in the hospital with Maya
because she's having some complications.
I was up all night with Ryder.
She spiked a super high fever.
So I've been communicating with her doctors
and her genetic doctor.
And I'm just so nervous because we might have to
take her into the hospital.
♪ ♪
- ♪ Catch you now ♪
- Hello?
Hi.
- Hey, kid. - Uh-oh.
What you got?
- Oh, just some stuff for Cory.
- Maya had the surgery?
- I know she had her open heart surgery.
They're still there.
Every time I talk to him, he just sounds defeated.
I try not to ask a million questions on the phone.
It's just more so of, like, how are you?
How's Taylor?
How's Maya?
How's your mental space?
And what do you guys need?
So one thing that he did say on the phone
is that they've been eating in the hospital cafeteria,
so they feel like they've been eating a lot of grease.
- Oh, so we're gonna--
- So we're gonna cook them some real food.
- Oh, no, I think that's a great idea to cook for them.
That's nice.
What they're going through is rough.
- He's been calling, checking on Ryder.
Ryder hasn't been feeling good.
She's had a fever.
And then she started vomiting.
That was a little annoying
to have to tell Cory about that.
And I tried to leave it alone.
But then he could hear it in Ryder's voice
and see it on her face.
And then when we were going back and forth
with her doctors trying to figure out if she needed
to go to the hospital, he was just like,
I don't think you understand what it would do,
like, to my mental-- - If she went in too.
- How has she been doing with all that?
- It's kind of, like, reduced down now to, like, a cough.
- All right.
- That looks really good.
- I think they're gonna appreciate this, guys.
On my way, I could drop it-- I mean, if--
- Okay.
- You kind of go fast.
- Yeah, I do.
Bingo.
Good--good job.
- Love you.
- All right. [speaking indistinctly]
- All right, you too.
- Okay.
- All right, come on, dog.
- I'll see you guys a little later.
- All right.
♪ ♪
- All right.
What letter is this?
- S.
- And what animal is that?
- S... - Come on.
You got it.
It starts with an S and ends with a L.
- Sea turtle?
- No. [laughs]
[upbeat music]
- ♪ Can you keep up with the energy ♪
♪ Oh, what I'm feeling, what a sight to see ♪
♪ Nobody else can do it like me ♪
- I want to say thank you guys
for trekking all the way over here.
Excuse me. [clearing throat] - Oh, [bleep].
Okay, bridezilla. - Yeah. Thank you.
[laughter]
- And it's begun. - No.
I want to say thank you guys for traveling.
And this is the first wedding trip of many.
Because you know your bitch is extra.
- [bleep]. - So save your money.
And cheers.
all: Cheers!
- Cheers.
- ♪ No wait till it's all over, girl ♪
♪ Come over, yeah ♪
♪ Come over ♪
♪ You wanna come over ♪
- We gotta head out of here at, like, 4:00...
- Okay.
- To be to the bridal studio by 5:00.
I have a few selections that I really like.
- You're, like, finalizing.
- But I have to come here to do, like,
the customization just about
getting the dresses on, finding out what we like
from each dress, and then having them
put it into one dress.
- ♪ Feeling good all year, got your ducks in a row ♪
♪ Working on your fitness ♪
♪ Time to put on a show ♪
♪ High heels on, doing nothing ♪
♪ Get in the car, we're going shopping ♪
♪ Get the shine on your nails ♪
♪ Get the bounce in your hair ♪
- Ooh!
- ♪ Today's all about me ♪
- Them pearls is...
[indistinct chatter]
- And that's so sparkly.
- Right.
- Ooh!
- Wow.
- Oh, my God.
- That's pretty.
- That top piece is killing it.
- ♪ No one's gonna do it for you ♪
♪ Do it yourself ♪
- Oh!
- Oh, my.
- It looks like royalty, for sure,
like a real royalty dress.
- Ooh!
- I like.
- Like a little Barbie doll in a box.
- Yeah, that is hella nice.
Who turned the lights off?
That was a good idea.
- ♪ Going on ♪
- [gasping]
- Oh, my God.
Round of applause for that.
- That is nice! - Yes!
- That is cute.
- Let me speak to Ashley.
- Here, Mom wants to talk to you.
- Hi. - Hey.
Which one you like the best?
- We definitely found some gems here.
- Did you have somebody take some pictures?
- Yeah, we got some pictures.
- And videos.
- I'll send you some.
- Okay.
Definitely therapeutic for me to go away
with my friends and family.
One of the hardest things about planning a wedding is
realizing the people that were always on your guest list
are passed away, and they won't be attending.
And so that has put me in a downward spiral, kind of.
I think doing this wedding and all of this is keeping
my mind busy, keeping me constantly around loved ones
'cause I'm always doing something,
and just kind of keeping my spirits up,
forcing me to be in good spirits.
♪ ♪
- ♪ Some say, I know ♪
♪ That I'm talking too much ♪
♪ And I don't get nowhere ♪
♪ Tryna do it at once ♪
♪ But all I got ♪
♪ I want to be someone, be someone ♪
- Come sit by me.
You're excited.
Is it perfect for my pool?
How are you and Maci working out
the arrangements with Bentley?
- I mean, it's been nonexistent right now
just 'cause of work and stuff.
And Bentley's got wrestling going on, all that mess.
So I really haven't got a chance to eat with him again.
- You gotta ask for it.
- Yeah, I know.
It's just that I've just now got off overtime.
- I know. I'm just saying,
now that things have slowed down a little bit.
- Yeah.
- You're gonna have to be the one that pushes for it
and ask.
You can't leave it to Maci to text you and say, you know,
"Hey, you want to do this with Bentley" or whatever.
You gotta--
- I didn't think she would.
♪ ♪
- Here's another one.
Because I'm too short.
- It's staticky.
- Huh? - My shirt's all staticky.
- How'd you feel about what Cate and Ty had to say?
- I don't know, I'm learning to, like,
you know, get out of the way,
and let him have his time with Ryan,
and then just be there when or if he needs me.
I guess, don't be so negative about it.
Just let it happen.
Ryan's doing good.
He wants to have a relationship with him.
Then let him have it. - Yeah.
- What I'm trying to say is, like,
don't make it harder on Bentley
because I feel it's gonna turn out a certain way.
- Right.
That's kind of how I feel about it too.
Even if my expectations aren't very high,
how I feel about it doesn't have to be negative.
It's just realistic.
- It may not work out.
And hopefully, it does.
I can only control what I can control.
Let him go out on that limb.
Let Bentley try.
And then be there when he needs you.
Don't put so much anger toward Ryan
because he's messed up. - Mm-hmm.
- Just be that safety net for Bentley.
- Right. - Make him feel that,
you know, we're always gonna be there.
And he doesn't have to worry about it.
- If he's ready, and wants to try
and wants to put himself out there with Ryan,
he can because he wants to.
- Yeah.
- Not because Ryan wants him to,
not because I want him to
or you want him to or Jen--anybody.
It's because Bentley wants to.
And he knows that, no matter the outcome,
there's still a safe space at home.
- We're doing a pretty good job.
- Trying to, I think.
- We are.
♪ ♪
- Love you.
- Love you too.
♪ ♪
- Maya's not doing great.
They're keeping her sedated right now
because her left lung has some fluid in it.
And she's having a hard time breathing on her own.
So I just need that little girl
to push out all that fluid in her lungs.
So then, hopefully, her vitals
start to look normal.
Just keep us in your prayers.
She's a fighter.
We're a fighter.
You know, she's gonna make it through.
♪ ♪
- How many days has it been now?
- Nine.
They were supposed to be there for, like, four days,
maybe, at the max. - Yeah.
Oh, it's about to be two weeks.
- It's not going well.
It's not her heart.
It's her lungs and her breathing.
Like, her breathing levels, her oxygen level is low.
- How's Ryder doing with it?
Does she--what does she know?
What doesn't she know or...
- We're trying to keep the adult details away from her.
Cory thinks that we should kind of, like,
just tell Ryder that Maya is okay.
So when we talk to Ry, Ryder checks in with her dad,
and Ryder asks, where is Maya?
And he says, she's still at the hospital.
They're still working on her but that she's okay.
She's gonna be okay.
So that's all that Ryder knows.
♪ ♪
- All right, Ry.
- Time to go to bed?
- Time to go to bed.
- Cuddle? - Yeah.
- Cuddle blanket.
- All right, let's say our prayers
before we go to sleep, okay?
- [coughing]
Jesus, man, thank you for me,
Mommy, Zach.
Please let my little sister be strong and powerful
through all her surgeries.
Please don't let her have any more surgeries
until she's two or three or maybe four.
Amen.
- Mommy loves you.
- I love you too.
- All right. - All right.
- Throughout Maya's recovery,
Ryder has been asking quite a few questions.
She would just check, is Maya okay?
Is she still in the hospital?
And every day, she would talk to her dad.
I think that those conversations helped a lot.
They really picked up her spirit.
Because she needs her dad.
She loves her dad.
She's used to seeing her dad.
Right now, she can't,
and it's hard on her.
- ♪ Long were the days and the nights ♪
♪ Before you came along ♪
♪ Lifted me up from the dark ♪
♪ You could hear me calling ♪
♪ You reached out ♪
♪ A helping hand, a helping hand ♪
♪ You're my hero ♪
♪ ♪
♪ You're my hero ♪
♪ ♪
♪ You're my hero ♪
♪ ♪
♪ You're my hero ♪
♪ ♪
- Next on "Teen Mom: The Next Chapter"...
- What's going on with you and Ashley?
- I said that she got that body plucked and stuffed
and used that accident as a cover-up.
- Hi, friends.
- Glad you guys are here.
- I just want to touch you.
- So what's good with you and Bri, Devoin?
[all cheering]
- Kenzie and I are gonna get a divorce.
- Keep focusing on you.
- I just feel bad for Bentley.
♪ ♪
[upbeat rock music]
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