Even though Ricky Hendrick is no longer with them, Emily and their daughter Ricki remember him with love each year!
Emily Maynard may be happily engaged to Bachelor Brad Womack, but that doesn’t mean she’s forgotten her first love — Ricky Hendrick, the former NASCAR driver who was the father of her 5-year-old daughter Josephine “Ricki” Hendrick.
Ricky passed away in 2004 — and it’s super-important for Emily to carry on his memory for little Ricki, who never met him. So Emily and her daughter have started an annual ritual.
“Its our tradition to make a cake and let a balloon go in the backyard,” Emily tweeted on April 2 — Ricky’s b-day.
Ricky was killed on Oct. 24, 2004 in a plane crash. A week after he passed away, Emily — who was engaged to Ricky — found out that she was pregnant with Ricki.
Even though Emily has found love again with Brad, she still makes sure that Ricky’s memory lives on for their daughter.
Annie
Posted at 9:38 PM on April 7, 2011
That is very sweet and an important thing to do. Speaking from experience, as my husband died 9 yrs ago and I was remarried 2 years ago, my children and I will never forget my first husband and their father. We remember every year on his birthday and have our traditions as well. That doesnt mean we havent “let go” or are unable to move on, it’s remembering someone we loved who was very important in our lives.