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

Why Losing a Parent Changes You Forever, and Who You Can Become

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.

Losing a parent changes you because it rearranges the ground you stand on: your place in the family, your sense of time, and what you're willing to spend your energy on. Feeling like a different person afterward is common, and it isn't a sign that something's broken. Some of the change hurts, some of it may turn out to be good, and none of it has to be sorted out on a deadline.