It’s become a sweet ritual between James Van Der Beek and his TV mom on dawson’s creekMaria-Margaret Humes.
On Friday, March 8, as James celebrated his 47th birthday, the married father of six spent part of his day waiting for a special package to arrive from the actress, who played his on-screen mother Gail Leery for all six seasons of the show (1998-2203).
“It’s my birthday and I just received a package from Fed Ex, it just arrived today from Mary-Margaret Humes, who played my mom on Dawson’s Creek,” Van Der Beek shared in an Instagram post, before revealing that he has been sending new messages. baked cookies on her birthday in recent years.
In the caption of the post, he shared the inspiration behind Hume’s generosity.
‘Every year since my mother passed away, my TV mom bakes me cookies on my birthday. “It doesn’t matter that I’m now older than she was when we first worked together, or that I’ve moved to Texas,” she wrote.
“She bakes them, she finds me and she does it from the bottom of her heart, and mine always warms.”
James Van Der Beek, 47, revealed on Instagram how his Dawson’s Creek TV mom, Mary-Margaret Humes, sends him cookies on his birthday since his real-life mom passed away.
Dressed in a black T-shirt and a black and white baseball cap over his shorter blonde locks, Van Der Beek has a wide smile on his face as he tells this heartwarming story on his birthday.
Dressed in a black t-shirt and a black and white baseball cap over his shorter blonde locks, Van Der Beek has a wide smile on his face as he looks directly into the camera to tell this heartwarming story.
“Of all the kids who have appeared on television, I’m sure I had the best television mother,” the actor continued on camera. ‘Mary Margaret, thank you very much. I love you.’
Then, out of nowhere, Kimberly, Van Der Beek’s wife of 13 years, jumps into the camera frame to proclaim, “I love you too” to her husband’s TV mom.
“To all the kind, wonderful, loving women on #internationalwomensday who, mothers or not, show the kind of love that lights up the lives of those around them,” the Cheshire, Connecticut native added in the post. ‘@thereal_marymargarethumes #dawsonscreek #cookies #moms #kindness’
It appears this was the fourth time she sent her TV son a plate of homemade cookies, considering his real-life mother, Melinda Van Der Beek, died at the age of 70 in July 2020.
Van Der Beek, who played Dawson Leery, met Humes when they were preparing for the first season of Dawson Creek when he was 20 years old.
The teen series, which followed the lives of a close-knit group of friends in the fictional town of Capeside, Massachusetts, would become a huge hit with viewers.
Van Der Beek played the title role alongside the likes of Katie Holmes, Michelle Williams, Joshua Jackson, John Wesley Shipp, Mary Beth Peil, Nina Repeta, Kerr Smith, Meredith Monroe, Busy Philipps and, of course, Hume.
It turns out that Humes has been sending Van Der Beek cookies every year on his birthday since his real-life mother, Melinda Van Der Beek, passed away in July 2020 at the age of 70.
Mary-Margaret Humes, 69, played the role of Gail Leery on Dawson’s Creek, mother of main character Dawson Leery, whom Van Der Beek played throughout the show’s six seasons.
The actor, who played Dawson Leery on Dawson’s Creek, couldn’t contain his big beaming smile as he tells this story of how Humes has been sending him cookies for his birthday since losing his real-life mother in 2020.
“Of all the kids who have appeared on television, I’m sure I had the best television mother,” Van Der Beek continued on camera. ‘Mary Margaret, thank you very much. I love you’
In a heartfelt tribute on social media following his mother’s death, the actor spoke about the loss while sharing a series of photos of his mother, who was a professional dancer and gym teacher.
‘My mom crossed last week. Even though we knew this was going to happen, and in fact had thought we were at the end almost a year and a half ago, I’m still in shock,” she shared with emotion evident in her words.
‘I’m grateful that I no longer feel pain, I’m sad, I’m angry, I’m relieved… all at the same time and at different times. I just try to hold space and allow it all,” he said of his pain.
He went on to describe her as “Miss Melinda” to her gymnastics students, a woman with a “big heart and creative spirit” who lived by the mantra: “There is no such word as I can’t!”
Humes and John Wesley Shipp played Ven Der Beek’s on-screen parents in Dawson’s Creek
Katie Holmes, Michelle Williams and Joshua Jackson were among Van Der Beek’s co-stars on Dawson’s Creek, which aired on The WB for six seasons.
The beloved son shared this photo when he announced that his mother, Melinda Van Der Beek, had passed away in July 2020 at the age of 70.
“She believed in me based solely on her own intuition and passed on a madness to me that has been crucial not only to my success, but also to my own personal happiness,” Van Der Beek said of his late mother shortly after her passing in July. . 2020
The grateful son credited his mother for giving him life and taking him to his first auditions, no matter what.
“She believed in me based solely on her own intuition and transmitted to me a madness that has been crucial not only to my success, but also to my own personal happiness,” he confessed.
He would end the heartbreaking post by sending a message about how his mother will take care of her children and her students, at all times.
‘All I know is that every time my kids, or any of her students, want to dress up, go on stage, dance, or just think about her… they’ll have a little more love on the other side backing them up.’