Kelsey Parker Son Born Sleeping: Tom Parker’s Widow Shares Tribute
Kelsey Parker, Tom Parker’s widow, has introduced the lack of her son.
“Phoenix Parker-Lindsay, you’ll without end be liked,” Kelsey wrote by way of an Instagram publish shared on Sunday, June 22. The publish included a poem, detailing the lack of her third little one, whom she was anticipating together with her boyfriend, Will Lindsay.
“For Phoenix, Born Sleeping, Perpetually Liked,” the poem started. “The world grew quiet as you arrived / So liked, so longed for, but not alive / Our treasured boy, our angel gentle / Born with wings, took silent flight. We named you Phoenix, courageous and shiny / A soul of affection, of heat and light / Although we by no means heard you cry / You’ll stay in hearts that received’t ask why. No breath you drew, no eyes to see / Nonetheless, you imply all the things to me / You’ll journey with us, softly close to / In each sigh, in each tear.”
Kelsey additionally shared a be aware by way of her Instagram Tales, asking for privateness for her and her household throughout this troublesome time.
“Earlier than I obtain an inflow of pretty messages and heart-felt properly needs, I need to simply say that I really recognize all the things you might be all going to say and share,” she wrote. “However with the information being so uncooked, I would like to make sure that we as a household are given house and time to course of this devastating and earth-shattering information.”
Kelsey has already navigated the devastating lack of her late husband, who died in March 2022 on the age of 33 following a stage 4 glioblastoma analysis. The widow and former The Wished member welcomed two kids collectively: Aurelia, 5, and Bodhi, 4.
In January, Kelsey confirmed her being pregnant to The Mirror, telling the outlet that her and her late husband had wished to broaden their household previous to his demise.
“Tom and I at all times mentioned we wished 4 — however life had different plans,” she advised the outlet on the time. “So sure, that is superb but additionally bittersweet. The fun of discovering out I’m pregnant and transferring ahead with my life, whereas considering, ‘My life might have been so totally different. I’ve felt each emotion underneath the solar.”
She continued, “I’m nonetheless getting my head round it, however I’m so excited. And I do know I’m placing myself on the market, telling folks. I simply need everybody to be as comfortable as I’m.”
Her companion Will, whereas excited for his first organic little one, advised the outlet that he had already bonded to Kelsey’s two kids.
“We simply bonded so shortly, I felt like all the things simply occurred naturally,” he mentioned on the time. “I need to assist as a lot as attainable and be concerned. I take Bodhi to soccer or to the park on the weekend, and we love that. Kelsey has two attractive youngsters, and I’m so fortunate they’re each in my life. It’s all simply been fairly pure becoming in — nothing has felt compelled or rushed.”


