‘Sister Wives’: Meri Hears Message From Her Deceased Mom – Tears Flow

Sister Wives star Meri Brown had an eerie but wonderful experience when mounting her late mom’s picture at her B&B among all her ancestors. The first wife of Kody Brown was very close to her mom, Bonnie Ahlstrom.

Bonnie recently passed away at 76 years old. While she mourns the passing of her mom, it dawns on her she’s not sure how to go forward.

Sister Wives: Gaping Hole In The Life Of Meri Brown

Fans of the Sister Wives series know that Bonnie ran Lizzie’s Heritage Inn while her daughter concentrated on her other clothing sales business. But she was more than the person who kept the bed and breakfast establishment together.

Kody Brown’s wife, Meri Brown, has described her late mother as the face of Lizzie’s. Bonnie’s smile greeted the guests and she put her all into welcoming each person who checked in for a stay.

Bonnie also appeared in many pictures that her daughter shared with fans of Sister Wives. Meri’s daughter, Mariah Brown, and the woman she plans to marry, Audrey Kriss, spent extra time with Bonnie not long before she died. The couple left Chicago due to COVID hitting the area hard.

Once they isolated at their Sister Wives’ mom’s house for a few weeks, they made their way to grandma Bonnie. Then the couple held down the B&B so Bonnie could go home with Meri for a little vacation.

So, the three generations of women got to spend a good deal of time together before Bonnie left this world. But there’s still a gaping hole in their lives today, one that was once filled by Bonnie.

Stands Her Ground

Think back to all the hassles Meri Brown endured from her husband and co-wives. While she shut them off from her bed and breakfast deal, she also had another fight on her hands.

Sure, Kody Brown, Janelle Brown, Christine Brown, and Robyn Brown felt very left out. But Meri wanted to do this on her own.

She originally asked Kody and the Sister Wives women to lend her money for the down payment. At first, Kody agreed to do this. And why shouldn’t he? Don’t forget, some of the money she wanted to borrow out of the family funds she earned herself. The adults in the Brown family pool their money.

Then Kody backed out, leaving Meri in a last-minute lurch to find the money she needed. Instead, she negotiated a lower down payment. This seemed to shock Kody Brown and his other three wives.

Sister Wives: Mom Moves In

So, when Meri Brown announced to the other wives that her mom was coming to live a the inn, friction emerged. No one seemed to back the newest Sister Wives business owner. They also didn’t appear to offer their support for her new venture.

Instead, Kody’s other wives gave her slack about having her mother come to live at Lizzie’s. Not because they didn’t like Bonnie. No, on the contrary, everyone seemed to love her. But Meri wouldn’t sway from her plans.

The problem with Bonnie living there was money. By staying at Lizzie’s it took away from the bed count for paying guests. Kody and the other three Sister Wives ladies tried to explain to Meri how it didn’t make business sense.

Money Gets In The Way?

Meri Brown didn’t care about the money. Her plan included eventually fixing up the caretaker’s cottage for her mom to live in.

But despite the hassles she endured from  the other wives and Kody Brown, her mother was coming and that was the end of it for this adamant daughter.

Meri Brown moved her loving mom, Bonnie Ahlstrom, into the inn. Then because of this, she got to spend more quality time with her mom. It also allowed Mariah to spend that time with her grandmother as well.

Meri wrote that Bonnie’s death was sudden and unexpected. So, in hindsight, this was a nice way for her mom to spend her final years. Not to mention how this is a time that Meri can look back on with fond memories.

Sister Wives: Ancestral Home

Meri Brown keeps many of her fans up-to-date with her coming and goings. So the Mother’s Day that just passed was a tough one for her. It was the first since Bonnie died.

This week, Meri shared with her Sister Wives fans a little tribute she put together for her mom. The house that she turned into Lizzie’s Heritage Inn belonged to her ancestors for over a century. There was a short time where someone from outside her family owned the home, but Meri purchased it back from the woman.

So the house contains memories of Meri’s ancestors who made their home there through the different eras. At one point the Sister Wives star wrote that a ghost wanders the house. Meri Brown has never seen this ghost but guests of the B&B have. It’s possible that the ghost is one of the women from the family that makes up Meri’s ancestors, their surname is Adams.

A Place For Bonnie Ahlstrom

So, Meri let her followers know of an experience she had recently. While hanging a beautiful picture of Bonnie on the wall, she got very nostalgic. It’s still early on in the mourning stage for this daughter.

The original Sister Wives matriarch said she took some time to grieve her mom. But now she’s getting the B&B back up and running. Part of this process entails displaying Bonnie’s photo on the wall in the “grandmother room.”

Meri Brown also shares that she just doesn’t know how she can do this without her mom. She credits Bonnie for bringing the house to life. But as she writes all about this for her followers, Bonnie Ahlstrom sent her a message. Or at least it sounded this way to the grieving daughter.

‘Ok Mom, I Hear You’…

As she filled in the caption of her mother’s photo, Ed Sheeran’s ‘Supermarket Flowers’ starts to play on the radio. This caused a stream of tears for this Sister Wives celeb. Apparently, she took this as her mother telling her something. Meri writes, “OK mom, I hear you!”

The first wife of the Sister Wives clan never once wavered when Kody Brown and her co-wives suggested she’d need Bonnie’s room for paying guests. Meri wanted Bonnie there and that is where she spent the rest of her life.

It wasn’t only Meri Brown’s dream, as her mother Bonnie Ahlstrom was thrilled to make a home where her ancestors did as well. So, it’s probably safe to say this is one time Meri was happy that she stuck to her guns when it came to following her own instincts. She wanted Bonnie Ahlstrom there. Meri Brown wouldn’t change that no matter what anyone from the Sister Wives family said to her on the TLC reality series.

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