Ree Drummond Drove 16 Hours to See Her Youngest Son Play Football Because She’s ‘Empty Nest Sad’

Ree Drummond would do anything for her children – including a 16-hour road trip.

On Thursday, A pioneer star, 54, shared that she visited her youngest son, Todd, 19, at the University of South Dakota to see him at a football game.

“In this photo from last Saturday, I’m showing the classic goofy, dreamy, I-can-see-my-child-for-two-hours sad-but-happy-mom empty-nest smile,” Ree captioned the Instagram post with the addition “(Love and Todd.❤️)”

In the photo, Ree is dressed in the university’s red and white colors as she hugs her smiling son, who is decked out in head-to-toe football gear.

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“Let me know if you get it,” she asks her followers in the caption, referring to the mixed emotions in her smile. Followers filled the comments with their own empty nest experiences.

“I totally get it!! Now I’m going through it myself and it’s AWFUL!!” writes one follower. Another says: “My boys did [in] Life in NC and Florida without them is the worst ever…. They are mine ❤️”

Ree responds to these commenters and others by commiserating, writing, “Hugs” or sharing a heart emoji.

“I drive 45 minutes from my house to attend a school event for one of my grandchildren (sometimes less than [an] hour) and then drive 45 minutes home! This picture is exactly that – this is what love looks like!” comments another follower.

In Ree’s reply, she reveals that “we drove 8 hours each way.”

“That’s what we parents (and grandparents) do!” she added.

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Ree, who is also mother to Alex, 26, Paige, 23, Bryce, 21, and Jamar, 21, with her husband Ladd, 54, moved Todd to the University of South Dakota in January.

In a post shared on her Instagram Story, Drummond posed for a selfie in a car, while Todd could be seen behind her in a red University of South Dakota shirt.

Rea Drummond’s children, from left: Bryce, Paige, Jamar, Alex and Todd.

“I arrived at SD yesterday,” she wrote alongside the video. “FORWARD YOTES! (and forward Todd).”

Drummond recalled on her blog how her son committed to the university just one day after visiting the campus.

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She said he immediately liked the coaching staff and athletic facilities, and on the drive home “couldn’t stop admiring the school and the football program.” Todd then had a signing ceremony on December 21st while the family was on vacation in Vail.

Later in the day, she posted a few more snaps of their parting, along with the message: “Today we said goodbye to our child. We couldn’t love him more.”

For her final farewell, she writes: “Go have a great experience and keep being yourself, son. Go Yotes!”

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