The Internet Is In Shambles After Watching This Mom And Her Kids Break Down In Tears After She Passed The Bar
I've gotta be honest, just existing seems exhausting nowadays. So, I'm here to offer you a timeline cleanse that'll make you cry happy tears for a change.
Let me introduce you to 35-year-old mother and attorney Rhiannah Gordon from Sacramento, California, known as @yougonloverhi on TikTok and Instagram. She recently shared an incredibly wholesome moment with her kids on the internet.
In a video viewed by 30 million people, Rhiannah sits in front of her computer with her son Flinn and daughter Rhiley standing behind her. You can hear her daughter sobbing as she looks up her test results after taking the California Bar Exam. The caption reads, "POV: you're a single mom, and you pass the CA Bar Exam on the first try."
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Before opening the results, Rhiannah jokingly says, "Girl," to her daughter because she's already weeping. "I'm sorry, I can't," Rhiley replied. "It's OK, she passed," Flinn assured them.
There's an anxious silence while Rhiannah searches for the results.
"Oh my God," she said. "Oh my God, I passed," she screamed. "I passed!!!"
*boohooing ensues*
Rihannah then gets up and hugs her kids and screams, "We did it! We fucking did it! Oh my God," as they all sob.
The comments under the video were incredibly supportive. "Congratulations Mrs Lawyer girl. you about to change your life," this person exclaimed.
"Not me, over here in the UK, not knowing you, or what the hell this CA Bar Exam is but having a good ol' cry with you anyway," this person said.
"In the clurb we all CRY," this person joked.
"The CA bar exam is tough, and on the first try too! This is unstoppable excellence right here, no joke!" this person said.
Many people commented on her kids' emotions. "Your babies reactions were so heart warming. congratulations," this person said.
"The fact the kids understand what is going on, the value of the result... that says a whole lot of the mother the have," this person said.
In an interview with BuzzFeed, Rhiannah revealed that she and her kids had to sacrifice a lot to get to this moment. "I started school in 2021, so we were coming off of being home together for over a year due to COVID and spending a lot of time together," she said. "Then I started school, which meant I was away during the day and sometimes the evenings for class."
"It was a big adjustment... There was a lot riding on the results of this test. We were ALL ready to put law school and the Bar behind us!" she said.
After such a stressful journey, Rhiannah said she wasn't sure how to share the test results with her kids. "I was so scared I was going to have to tell them I didn't pass and see the disappointment on their faces, so I decided to let them open [the results] with me. That way, if I didn't pass, they could just read it for themselves, and I wouldn't have to tell them," she said.
She was inspired to take on law school by her own mother's cancer battle. "A couple of years prior to retiring, she found a passion for dancing, a passion that she never explored during her career. Two months after she retired, she was diagnosed with a very rare and aggressive cancer," Rhiannah shared.
Ultimately, Rhiannah is glad she shared this entire experience with her children. "I hope they know there is beauty and growth in struggle and that they’re capable of doing anything and everything they want in life."
Rhiannah was sworn in to practice law back in November. She is now practicing criminal law and shared on her GoFundMe page that she is eventually going into public interest work.
She shared her advice for other mothers considering chasing a dream or a goal. "Don't be afraid to prioritize what you want in life. It allows you to prove to yourself that you are capable and strong and shows your kids the same," she said. "Once I stopped second-guessing whether I COULD do it, the only question was HOW to make it happen. That perspective switch was critical."
What do you think? Have you ever been worried about sharing a life experience with your kids, but you were later grateful for what they learned? Let us know in the comments!
