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

I Became the Christmas I Used to Come Home To

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.

Creating family traditions after loss mostly means you're the one who makes Christmas happen now. You don't have to copy your parents' Christmas or throw it out: keep what still means something, shrink what you can't do the same way, start a couple of small rituals with your kids, and hand off some of the work.