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After decades in the public eye,Kathie Lee Giffordis very consciously keeping private matter private these days.
As part ofLive! with Regis and Kathie Leefrom 1988 to 2000, Gifford happily spent years chatting with co-hostRegis Philbinabout her family life — even spilling day-to-day details from her decades-long marriage to NFL vetFrank Gifford, whodiedin 2015 at age 84 — but now she has vowed not to discuss her love life publicly.
Gifford, 69, has stepped out of the spotlight for a more relaxed way of living in Nashville. There, she spends her time connecting with family — including her grandchildren.
“I’ve found personal happiness here, is the best way to say it,” she shares.
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Gifford isn’t the only one in her family to find joy in partnership. While speaking of her kids with Frank, the singer and director gushed, “I’m just so grateful that my children married in deep love for their life partner.”
DaughterCassidy, 29, who married childhood sweetheartBen Wierdalast November, is “so happy,” she gushed. “[They] have been best friends since they were 11 and 14.”
As for her 32-year-old son, “Codyand [his wife]Ericaare just so right for each other.”
She continued, “So it’s just right. and I’m friends with both families. It’s a beautiful, beautiful season.”
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For Gifford, her and her family’s happiness will always come back to faith.
“God is the God of family and the God of marriage and the God of relationships, and when we put him first in them, it’s miraculous the blessings that flow,” she says.
“And it just felt like, okay, now I understand. This is what I’ve been learning how to do my whole life, and here I am,” she recalls.
“It’s a beautiful season of new beginnings for me,” she tells PEOPLE, “and I wish more people as they age felt that way about the process — that God is not finished with them. As long as we have a pulse, we have purpose.”
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