TikTok influencer Emilie Kiser recently opened up to her followers about facing a Christmas season without her son, who tragically passed away a few months ago.
In May of this year, authorities were alerted to Emilie Kiser’s residence, where they performed CPR on her child, Trigg, after he fell into the family swimming pool. Despite being transported to the hospital, he sadly succumbed to his injuries a few days later.
Earlier this month, Kiser shared her ongoing grieving process and expressed the heartbreak of missing out on holiday traditions with her son.
On Instagram, she confessed: “To be honest I don’t think I anticipated how sad social media was going to make me this month.
“I prepared myself for things in my personal life, but not for what I’d see every time I opened my phone,” she continued. “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.”
Following Christmas, Kiser provided an update about her emotional state. In a TikTok video, she described her unique Christmas day and her decision to depart from traditional celebrations.
During the video, she expressed gratitude to her supporters for their kind messages during the festive season.
In her ‘get ready with me’ video, she shared: “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. Hope you all have a good day today 🫶🏼🫶🏼🫶🏼🫶🏼
“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 mentioned that her family went above and beyond to ensure a meaningful holiday experience, considering the difficult circumstances.
She explained: “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.”