{"id":31556,"date":"2023-12-11T21:56:07","date_gmt":"2023-12-11T21:56:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/onelidlesseye.com\/?p=31556"},"modified":"2023-12-11T21:56:07","modified_gmt":"2023-12-11T21:56:07","slug":"kelsey-parker-opens-up-about-grief-and-says-shes-forever-grateful-to-tom","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/onelidlesseye.com\/celebrity\/kelsey-parker-opens-up-about-grief-and-says-shes-forever-grateful-to-tom\/","title":{"rendered":"Kelsey Parker opens up about grief and says she\u2019s \u2018forever grateful\u2019 to Tom"},"content":{"rendered":"

Kelsey Parker has shared an emotional message about grief in the festive season, as she approaches her second Christmas without her late husband.<\/p>\n

Kelsey tragically lost her husband, The Wanted star Tom Parker, in 2022, two years after he had been diagnosed with a brain tumour.<\/p>\n

Since then the mum-of-two, 33, has been open about her heartbreak and feelings of grief, including how she has navigated becoming a single parent and a young widow.<\/p>\n

And as she approaches her second Christmas without Tom, Kelsey has shared a sweet video of their two children Aurelia and Bodhi to her Instagram page, where she has also penned a caption reflecting on her feelings of grief.<\/p>\n


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She wrote: "The strength these two give me. What would I do without them? This is such a hard time of year for so many of us and I feel like the last few months have been a real challenge but these two get me through with a smile."<\/p>\n

The mum-of-two continued: "I love nothing more than flicking through my camera roll at night (when they\u2019re peacefully sleeping and not asking me 5000 questions per minute) to remind myself of what I do have, not what I don\u2019t. <\/p>\n

"I am determined to make Christmas joyous for them. Their hearts are filled with happiness and I don\u2019t want anyone to make them sad, especially not me. <\/p>\n

She continued: "They are the light to my darkness, the rainbow in my storm, the love in my grief. They are the happiness in my sadness. Tom gave me them because he couldn\u2019t stay and I\u2019m forever grateful. <\/p>\n

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"Thank you babe. I miss you but you\u2019re here. In every song, in every giggle, your light shines behind their eyes #grief #livingwithgrief #brothersisterreel #positiveparkers #griefjourney"<\/p>\n

Earlier this year, Kelsey opened up to OK!<\/b> about her lasting grief, telling us: "There\u2019s no guidebook to grief. Grief won\u2019t ever leave me; it won\u2019t go away. <\/p>\n

"I\u2019m never going to wake up one day and go, \u2018Oh, Tom who?\u2019 I\u2019m learning to live around my grief. It won\u2019t get bigger, it won\u2019t get smaller, it\u2019s just going to remain the same until I die.<\/p>\n


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She also revealed how he has remained a part of her family's life, as she said: "He\u2019s still very present in the house. His pictures are everywhere. We\u2019ve still got his book [Hope: My Inspirational Life] out and his records up. We talk about him every day. <\/p>\n

"Aurelia said to me just recently, \u2018You\u2019ve always put me to bed.\u2019 And I said, \u2018No, Daddy used to put you to bed.\u2019 And I was telling her how Daddy used to look after her. <\/p>\n

"Bodhi is just a mini version of Tom. He\u2019s been wearing his cap back to front, which was Tom\u2019s signature fashion statement, and his personality is so much like Tom\u2019s. He really just makes me laugh."<\/p>\n<\/p>\n