When remembering her late husband on his second death anniversary, Kelsey Parker says that it's been two years since the singer left this world and 'it's getting harder not easier.'
- Apr 1, 2024
AceShowbiz - Tom Parker's widow is still in coping with grief. When marking his second death anniversary, Kelsey Parker lamented feeling weaker as she had to go through life without The Wanted star.
Over the weekend, the 33-year-old unleashed a montage of her and Tom's life along with their young children, Aurelia Rose and Bodhi Thomas. She captioned the Instagram post, "Can't believe it's been two years. Feels like only yesterday that you left us, but I feel like I've been on my own for a long time now and so much has changed since you were here."
"I know you'd be so proud of everything we've achieved. The house looking as we wanted it, Rae in school and thriving, Bodhi won't take his football kits off, K2K going from strength to strength and the online community I'm growing. I know you'd be so proud of me, I'm so proud of me, but I wish more than anything you were here to tell me yourself," she added. "For you to wrap your arms around me and share in the excitement of every milestone reached."
"They say the second year is the hardest and everyone keeps telling me if I can survive that I can survive anything. But I'm somehow feeling a weaker than I have before. Rae and Bodhi asking more questions and I just need you here to help me answer them," Kelsey continued. "Two whole years and it's getting harder not easier.I miss you more than ever. Celebrating you and all we had today and forever. Remember I love you one more than you can ever say My Tommy Boy Forever."
Tom was diagnosed with stage four glioblastoma brain cancer in October 2020, and died in March 2021. In September 2023, his wife Kelsey released a book called "With or Without You" about dealing with loss.
"I needed someone to tell me 18 months ago that I'll be OK, I will have bad days, but good days too, and that you can still live a happy life after loss," she said in an interview with Closer magazine. "My life without Tom is very different to what it was. I'd give anything for it to be different and to have him here with me, but that's not what's happened."
"I have to live with my grief. It's learning to live with your grief and still lead a happy life, which has been part of my healing journey and one I wanted to share," Kelsey further elaborated. "I am hoping it will help people who are going through grief or loss or any kind of trauma."
