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

I Used to Go Home for Christmas. Now I Have to Create Christmas.

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 Christmas traditions after loss starts smaller than you'd think: pick one or two things, know why each one matters, and do them again next year. If you used to go home for Christmas and now you're the one who has to make it, you've gone from guest to the person who knows where the extension cords are, and that shift deserves a simple plan and a lot of patience.