June “Mama
June”
Shannon
is
easing
into
her
new
normal.
Four
months
after
her
daughter
Anna “Chickadee”
Cardwell died
following
a
10-month
cancer
battle,
the
44-year-old
detailed
how
life
has
changed
since
being
awarded
temporary
custody
of
granddaughter
Kaitlyn.
“We
took
on
the
responsibility
of
an
11-year-old—making
sure
that
she
gets
to
school
and
making
sure
that
we
make
life
as
normal
as
we
can
for
her,”
June
told
E!
News
in
an
exclusive
interview. “Also
just
getting
into
a
routine
ourselves
and
trying
to
keep
the
consistency
with
Kaitlyn
because
that’s
what
she
needs—structure
and
consistency.”
After
filing
a
petition
in
Georgia
for
a
change
in
child
custody
and “for
emergency
ex
parte
relief”
in
January,
the
Mama
June:
Family
Crisis
star
said
Kaitlyn
moved
in
with
her
a
month
before
Anna
died
of
stage
4
adrenal
carcinoma
and
that
she’s
been
caring
for
her
since.
Anna
never
publicly
shared
the
identity
of
Kaitlyn’s
father,
although
she
raised
her
with
ex-husband
Michael
Cardwell—with
whom
she
shares
daughter
Kylee,
8—before
the
couple’s
2017
split.
Since
Anna’s
death,
Kylee
has
been
living
with
Michael.
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