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Topics: Christmas, News, Social Media, TikTok, US News, Emilie Kiser, Mental Health
Gerrard Kaonga
Topics: Christmas, News, Social Media, TikTok, US News, Emilie Kiser, Mental Health
TikTok influencer Emilie Kiser spoke to her fans about her attitude having a Christmas without her son who died a few months prior.
In May earlier this year, police were called to the home of Emilie Kiser and had to administer CPR to her child, Trigg, who fell into the family’s swimming pool. He was taken to hospital but a few days later passed away.
Earlier this month, Kiser revealed how she was dealing with her grief a few months on and admitted that the thoughts of the Christmas traditions she would no longer be able to share with her son were devastating.
Writing on Instagram, she said: “To be honest I don't think I anticipated how sad social media was going to make me this month.
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"I prepared myself for things in my personal life, but not for what I'd see every time I opened my phone.
"I've gotten good at staying off my phone and not scrolling, but seeing so many moms doing Elf on the Shelf is giving me such painful flashbacks of memories and traditions we loved so much.”
Kiser has now given another update about her wellbeing a few days after Christmas. Sharing a video on her TikTok page, she described her Christmas day and why she wanted to make it different from the traditional Christmas celebrations she has had before.
In the video, she also thanked her followers and supporters for their kind words and well wishes around the festive period.
Doing a ‘get ready with me’ video, she said: “If you sent me just, like, sweet DMs yesterday — messages, well wishes — I am so grateful for you and thank you so much for reaching out.
“Truly so grateful for my family this year, even though we were not home for Christmas this year. We just did not want to have a traditional Christmas without Trigg.”
She also noted that her family were very accommodating to ensure she could have as good a Christmas period as possible, considering the circumstances.
She continued: “My family made sure to just make us still feel so special — make it special for [my son] Teddy. We were able to just have very quality time together and that is, like, really just all we wanted this year — making memories still, but not having it feel like a normal Christmas.
"I just didn’t want to force a normal Christmas because it is not a normal Christmas. It was, quite frankly, a terrible Christmas for us — I say that just to be real and honest.”