Photo:Kimora Lee Simmons/ Instagram
Kimora Lee Simmons/ Instagram
Kimora Lee Simmonsis making sure to soak up some family time before summer comes to an end.
The entrepreneur, 48, sharedphotos on Instagramthat included scenes from a trip to Japan withher five children. The pictures showcased the famous family enjoying the country’s many cuisines and attractions.
“Ohayo gozaimasu 🇯🇵👘🎎🪭🍣🍱,” she captioned the carousel, which is a formal Japanese greeting meaning “Good morning.” Simmons has a multicultural background. Her mother is of Korean and Japanese descent, and her father is African American.
Simmons' daughtersAoki, 20, andMing, 23, who she shares with exRussell Simmons, also joined in on the family vacation and were seen in a group photo. Their trip came a few months after Aokigraduated from Harvard Universityand Minggraduated from New York University.
As a single mom, Simmons has alwaysstrived to put her children at the forefront. She told PEOPLE in May: “I’m a single mom of five kids and I know how hard it can be and I don’t want to start crying, but it’s Mother’s Day, I know how that feels like to raise your kids and to get up every day and only care about them.”
She stressed that being a parent in any capacity was difficult, adding, “And it doesn’t matter, if you’re rich and famous or you’re this thing or this singer, that singer, at the end of the day, you’re a mom or you’re a cousin, you’re an auntie, you’re a family member, you’re a community person, a caregiver, you’re just there trying to make everything come together.”
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After being involved in apublic family feudwith Ming and Aoki’s father in June, she shared with reporters at July’s Essence Fest that shecontinues to parent her children with the same mentality.
“I want the girls to know, because they’re young and impressionable, that it’s okay, people go through things,” she said. “The world loves you. If somebody forms an opinion of you based on two seconds of something they don’t know, then you’re not missing them.”
source: people.com
