Tim McGraw is celebrating a special woman in his life.
On Tuesday, March 10, the “It’s Your Love” singer honored his mother, Elizabeth Ann D’Agostino, as she rang in her 78th birthday.
The McGraw matriarch was in her teens when she welcomed her son, after meeting major league baseball player Frank Edwin “Tug” McGraw while staying at a motel in Jacksonville his baseball team was also staying in one summer, though they did not meet again until their son was 11.
In honor of his mom’s special day, he took to Instagram and shared a sweet photo of her posing with a smile next to an enormous bouquet of red roses.
“Happy 78th birthday to our Mama!!! The most [incredible], beautiful, resilient soul in our lives….Raised 3 kids on her own, in extraordinarily difficult circumstances with grace, courage and dignity,” he wrote.
Tim has previously opened up about growing up believing his stepfather Horace Smith was his father, and the fact that he was alcoholic and abusive, as was his mother’s subsequent partner.
“She taught us to dream, to love and to be passionate in your heart. That we were worthy,” he further shared, adding: “She made us believe that we were capable and could accomplish anything if we lead with our hearts.”
“We will try till the end of our days to make her proud! We love you so much Mama!!! Now go sing and dance!!!!!” his tribute concluded, and fans were quick to take to the comments section under the post and gush over it.
“Happy Birthday to your incredible, inspiring, beautiful, strong, courageous mom, I read her book many years ago. What a special lady she is,” one wrote, as others followed suit with: “She’s aging like fine wine, she looks radiant and happy. Happy Birthday Betty wishing you many many more years,” and: “Happy Birthday to your beautiful momma, Tim!!” as well as: “Happy Birthday Miss Betty! Thank you for raising such a wonderful son!”
© Getty ImagesLast month, Tim, appearing on The Tim Ferriss Podcast, opened up about the first few years after he found out Tug was his father, and his eventual relationship with him. “We grew up in a very dysfunctional life, the guy who I thought was my dad growing up was an alcoholic and very abusive, to my mom and to me, and then the second stepdad was worse than the first one,” Tim recalled, noting that meeting his dad, during which he initially denied being his father, something he did until around when he turned 18, gave him “affirmation for why I didn’t belong.”
© Getty Images for Paramount+Tim ultimately reflected: “When people ask, ‘How could you have anything to do with your dad? How could you not have hated him? How could you have just not turned your back on him?’ My answer is always, ‘He gave me something that was so precious, and that was hope. Whether he meant to — and he didn’t — or knew it, he gave me a reason to think that I can get out of the situation that I was in.'”
“That if he can do that, then I have it in me to do something. And so for that reason alone, I couldn’t hate him,” he maintained. “If everything else is gone, if you got hope, you still got a chance.”
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