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

Leaving Their Things Where They Were: When You Can't Touch a Parent's Belongings

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.

If you can't go through your deceased parent's belongings yet, you're in very common company, and in most cases there's no rush. Waiting only becomes a problem when a lease, a sale or an estate deadline forces the timeline, or when avoiding their things starts shrinking your whole life. Until then, you're allowed to leave the sweater on the chair.