Billie Lourd shares emotional tribute to late mother Carrie Fisher

Billie Lourd While celebrating her mother’s eighth birthday, she admitted she feels “sad but grateful”. by Carrie Fisher death

Opening up about her complicated feelings about the dark event, Lourd shared a moving tribute alongside her late mother via Instagram on December 27, Friday.

“It’s been 8 years since then my mother died. As my son would say “that’s a lot!” I always dread this day. I spend so much time looking at it thinking how awful I’m going to feel,” Lourd, 32, wrote: “And my fear is usually correct. I woke up this morning with a dark cloud. But when my children woke up the dark cloud dissipated and made way for the bright sun. The anniversary of his death is like an emotional tropical storm. It rains all day but the light between storms is more beautiful than any day without storm clouds. There is no rainbow without rain.’

The actress used a simile to describe how it felt to deal with her feelings of grief.

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“There is a huge Anne Lamott Quote, grief is “like having a broken leg that never quite heals; it still hurts in cold weather, but you learn to dance with a limp.” And that perfectly describes how I feel today,” Lourd wrote.

She continued: “Yes, grieving is cold weather and yes I may have a limp, but I’m absolutely dancing my way through life (did I mention the bad guy?). And I’m actually a better dancer with my limp. My grieving has given me a deeper appreciation for life’s little moments So I’m sad (but grateful) and I know it’s a part of the magic. Wholeness. And everything goes together in a deep way. I send my love to all who need it ❤️”

Since Fisher’s death, Billie has welcomed 4-year-old son Kingston and 2-year-old daughter Jackson Joanne with the couple. Austen Rydell.

the fisherman He died in December 2016 At the age of 60, he had a heart attack. A day later, Fisher’s mother, Debbie ReynoldsHe died of a stroke at the age of 84.

In the years since her mother and grandmother died, Lourd has done it many times He opened up about his loss.

Last year, Lourd He remembered the anniversary with another poignant message of his mother’s death.

“It’s been 7 years since my mom died (but who’s counting? I guess?),” Lourd wrote in December 2023. “Every anniversary brings a different iteration of my grief. Some make me angry, some make me cry all day, some make me feel dissociated and empty, some make me feel guilty for not feeling anything, some make me feel guilty for feeling nothing, and some all of these things. they make me feel at the same time.”

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The Scream Queens The alum also admitted in December 2021 that processing grief is “never easy.”

“I’m in an A different stages of grief Every moment of every day,” Lourd wrote via Instagram. “My gripe is a multi-course meal with many complicated ingredients. An amuse-bouche of negotiations followed by an angry appetizer with a side of depression, acceptance for the starter and of course a small refusal for dessert”.

He continued: “And that’s how grief should be – all things at once – there really is no ‘should’ in grief – grief is everything to you and that’s how it ‘should’ be.”