Following Smith's accident, doctors informed Armstrong that he would never be able to have children of his own. That reality crushed her, especially since she admitted to dreaming of one day becoming a mother and starting a family. "I longed for children, a family, a partner, but I knew that I would always love Brandon and wanted to honor my vows of caring and loving for him through sickness and in health," Armstrong said. Her decision to divorce Smith didn't mean that she would be abandoning him completely.In an interview with TODAY, Armstrong shared that she had filed papers to become Smith's legal guardian, but her choice was met with some apprehension from the judge.
