Tyra Banks is dedicating her latest business move to her mother.
As AFROTECH™ previously reported, the supermodel is the proud founder of the ice cream shop Smize & Dream, which had planted its seeds in Dubai and Washington, DC. The venture is very dear to the mother and daughter. Carolyn London, Banks’ mother, sacrificed in her earlier years to provide for both her children after a divorce, Today reports.
Grabbing ice cream weekly would be a way to convene and reflect on a more hopeful future.
“Years ago, when I was working so hard as a single mom, I worked more than one job,” London said in an Instagram post. “I worked two jobs. I worked three jobs. I did whatever I could. And the way we would celebrate each week that I got through is I would take her for ice cream in Hollywood. We live near Hollywood, and we would go for ice cream, and we would sit in the car and talk about what we wanted out of life, and where we wanted to go and how we wanted to live and her dreams, and try to inspire her to be focused. And that ice cream was so special for us.”
She continued, “Wherever I go in the world, I see ice cream, that it makes people happy. It makes people calm. It’s moments together having those ice cream dreams, sitting in the car on Hollywood Boulevard, people watching and dreaming and sharing everything.”
In a full-circle moment, Banks has opened her next ice cream shop in Sydney, and it is dedicated to her mother and her sacrifices.
“The woman who gave me everything, even when she had nothing left to give. And here we are, in front of the wildest dream I’ve ever built: An ice cream paradise come to life. Her strength. Our long journey. One massive dream, scooped into reality,” Banks wrote on Instagram.
London expressed: “This is far beyond what I ever thought. I thought I was coming to a little ice cream shop.”
