Although TLC audiences watchedJill (Duggar) Dillardgrow up at her famous family’s home, she admittedly hasn’t been inside the Arkansas residence for years.The formerCounting Onstar, 29, made the revelation ina Q&A videowith husbandDerick Dillardthat was shared to their YouTube channel on Monday.When asked if they ever visit her parents Jim Bob and Michelle Duggar’s home — dubbed “the big house” — these days, Jill replied, “We haven’t actually been over there in a while, probably like a couple years, other than once … to check the mail.“For more on the Duggars, listen below to the episode of PEOPLE Every Day.Jill went on to explain that theCOVID-19pandemic has forced them to keep their social circle small, but also “in this season of life, we have to prioritize our mental and emotional health.“Derick Dillard and Jill Duggar.Dillard Family Official/Youtube"Our threshold — we like to call it — is a little bit lower in this season of life for us,” she continued, saying that she and Derick, 32, have “a lot going on for us in our own lives.““There’s a lot of triggers there,” Derick added.JillmarriedDerick in June 2014, and in recent years has been open aboutgoing to therapy,drinking alcohol,using birth controlandsex— a departure from her highly religious, ultra-conservative upbringing.Duggar family.SplashShe was a prominent fixture on TLC’s19 Kids and Countingfrom 2008 until itscancellationin 2015 and went on to star in its subsequent spinoffCounting On, but left the series in 2017.Last year, the mother of two — who sharesIsrael David, 5, andSamuel Scott, 3, with Derick — revealed on her YouTube channel that she has been"distancing” herself from the Duggar household.Jill Duggar and Derick Dillard.JILL DUGGAR/INSTAGRAM"We’re not on the best termswith some of my family. We’ve had some disagreements, but we’re working towards healing definitely and restoration, but we’re having to kind of just take some time and heal,” she shared, adding that while it’s been “difficult,” she hopes there can be a resolution.RELATED VIDEO: PEOPLE Explains: Jill Duggar Dillard Distancing From Her Family"We’re doing what’s best for our family right now and just working through it, I guess,” Jill continued. “We are praying and trusting God that like, the timeline is his and what that looks like and everything.“Jim Bob and Michelle Duggar.TLCIn October, Jillopened up to PEOPLEabout her strained relationship with her family, saying, “I never expected this to happen or for it to get to this point.““But I’m realizing I can’t put a timeline on healing,” she said. “I love my family and they love me. I really just have to follow God’s lead and take it one day at a time.”
Although TLC audiences watchedJill (Duggar) Dillardgrow up at her famous family’s home, she admittedly hasn’t been inside the Arkansas residence for years.
The formerCounting Onstar, 29, made the revelation ina Q&A videowith husbandDerick Dillardthat was shared to their YouTube channel on Monday.
When asked if they ever visit her parents Jim Bob and Michelle Duggar’s home — dubbed “the big house” — these days, Jill replied, “We haven’t actually been over there in a while, probably like a couple years, other than once … to check the mail.”
For more on the Duggars, listen below to the episode of PEOPLE Every Day.
Jill went on to explain that theCOVID-19pandemic has forced them to keep their social circle small, but also “in this season of life, we have to prioritize our mental and emotional health.”
Derick Dillard and Jill Duggar.Dillard Family Official/Youtube
“Our threshold — we like to call it — is a little bit lower in this season of life for us,” she continued, saying that she and Derick, 32, have “a lot going on for us in our own lives.”
“There’s a lot of triggers there,” Derick added.
JillmarriedDerick in June 2014, and in recent years has been open aboutgoing to therapy,drinking alcohol,using birth controlandsex— a departure from her highly religious, ultra-conservative upbringing.
Duggar family.Splash
She was a prominent fixture on TLC’s19 Kids and Countingfrom 2008 until itscancellationin 2015 and went on to star in its subsequent spinoffCounting On, but left the series in 2017.
Last year, the mother of two — who sharesIsrael David, 5, andSamuel Scott, 3, with Derick — revealed on her YouTube channel that she has been"distancing” herself from the Duggar household.
Jill Duggar and Derick Dillard.JILL DUGGAR/INSTAGRAM
“We’re not on the best termswith some of my family. We’ve had some disagreements, but we’re working towards healing definitely and restoration, but we’re having to kind of just take some time and heal,” she shared, adding that while it’s been “difficult,” she hopes there can be a resolution.
RELATED VIDEO: PEOPLE Explains: Jill Duggar Dillard Distancing From Her Family
“We’re doing what’s best for our family right now and just working through it, I guess,” Jill continued. “We are praying and trusting God that like, the timeline is his and what that looks like and everything.”
Jim Bob and Michelle Duggar.TLC
In October, Jillopened up to PEOPLEabout her strained relationship with her family, saying, “I never expected this to happen or for it to get to this point.”
“But I’m realizing I can’t put a timeline on healing,” she said. “I love my family and they love me. I really just have to follow God’s lead and take it one day at a time.”
source: people.com
