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

Missing Your Dad During the Holidays: When His Traditions Feel Different Without Him

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.

Christmas without Dad often hurts most in the jobs he did and the quiet places he filled: the lights, the tree trip, the toast, the coffee he had going before anyone else was up. You don't have to carry every one of his traditions. Pick a few to keep, share or rest for a year, and find small ways to keep him at the table.