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

I Miss Being Someone's Child, Even Though I Have Children of My Own

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.

Missing your parents as an adult, when you're a parent yourself, is often less about big moments and more about wanting someone to take care of you for once. That longing to be somebody's kid again is normal and common, and it isn't childish. You can't get your parents back, but you can let other people, and their old comforts, hold some of what they used to.