Savannah Guthrie Shares What She Tells Her Kids Amid Mom's Disappearance: 'Just Watch Me'
Savannah Guthrie is keeping a positive spirit in her household amid the months-long search for her mother, Nancy Guthrie.
While guest co-hosting Monday's episode of Jenna and Sheinelle alongside Jenna Bush Hager, Guthrie opened up about how she's leaned on a specific sermon encouraging her to "walk and not grow faint" when it comes to balancing the tragedy of her mother's disappearance with life's everyday demands.
"I try to tell my kids that too, you know, we can hold our sadness and we can hold our joy, and if you don't believe it, just watch me," she said. "I'm going to show you."
The mom of 11-year-old Vale and 9-year-old Charley shared that while the effort to hold it all together is "about as good as it can get," she's never not thinking about her mom.
"I mean, I cry every morning on the way to work, and I cry every morning on the way home," she said. "And like so many people out there, you can hold all of these things together."
Nancy went missing on Feb. 1 of this year, and while evidence including Ring camera footage, DNA samples, and ransom notes have all been factored into the investigation, the search remains ongoing. Currently the family is offering a $1 million reward for the return of their mom and grandmother. The FBI is also offering a $100,000 reward.
Savannah returned to the Today show anchor desk in April after weeks away, describing her workplace as "a little respite."
"I don't think if I had any other kind of job I would have even tried to come back," she said. "I just felt like, 'What else should I do?' And my mom would have said the same thing like, 'Honey, just keep going, just keep going.' And so I am."
Even as Savannah and her family are in New York - she shares Vale and Charley with husband Mike Feldman - while the investigation continues in her Arizona hometown, she she continues to share updates and uplifting sentiments on social media. l media.
On Sunday the longtime journalist shared a hopeful message on her Instagram Stories, where, over a photo of religious artwork that read, "Oh my, my soul it cries out, soul, it cries out," she wrote, "Bring her home."
Savannah also shared a heartfelt message on Mother's Day in tribute to 84-year-old mom.
"Mother, daughter, sister, Nonie - we miss you with every breath," she wrote. "We will never stop looking for you. We will never be at peace until we find you."
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This story was originally published June 8, 2026 at 9:02 AM.