Kelsey Cecil 10/19/26 Kelsey Cecil 10/19/26

When Your Child Is Afraid of Losing You After a Family Death

Name: Grieving My Parents by Finishing My Mom's Children's Book
Uploaded: 2026-10-11T15:48:12+00:00
Description: Kelsey Lizee Cecil on losing both parents and publishing Rally Takes the Train, the children's book her mom always wanted to write.

A child afraid a parent will die after a death in the family is very common: someone they loved died, so now they know it can happen, and they're checking on the person they need most. Honest comfort works better than promises. Tell them you expect to live a long, long time, show them who else takes care of them, and keep their days steady.