Billie Lourd shares emotional tribute to mom Carrie Fisher on seventh anniversary of her death
"I miss her every day but the cliche is also true — she is with me every day," Lourd wrote on Instagram.
Billie Lourd continues to honor her late mother, Carrie Fisher, seven years after her death.
On Wednesday, Lourd shared an emotional tribute on her Instagram to Fisher, who died Dec. 27, 2016, at 60.
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"It has been 7 years since my mom died (but who’s counting?? Me I guess?)" Lourd wrote alongside an old photo of her and her mom together at the beach. "Every anniversary brings a different iteration of my grief. Some infuse me with rage, some make me cry all day long, some make me feel dissociated and empty, some make me feel nothing, some make me feel guilty for feeling nothing, and some make me feel all of those things all at once. This year when I woke up I felt grateful — or ✨griefull✨if you will."
Lourd went on to describe how "grief has infused my life with a sense of appreciation I had never had before," which extends to her two children with husband Austen Rydell: 3-year-old son Kingston Fisher and 1-year-old daughter Jackson Joanne.
"It makes me soak up every moment of joy as if it were my last," she writes. "Today I was holding my daughter while she was napping in my arms and my eyes welled up with tears of joy. I laughed at myself then cried more cause I was laughing. I felt my mombys [sic] presence like the warmth of the sun on your skin on a hot summer day. The kind of warmth where you unknowingly close your eyes and take a slow breath through your nose and grin. I miss her every day but the cliche is also true — she is with me every day — she infuses my joyful moments with even more joy."
Lourd finished the tribute by explaining how she tells her son that Fisher "lives in the stars — and she damn sure makes my life sparkle. Sending my love to all my griefers out there. And hoping everyone can feel a little sparkle of griefull among all the feelings grief inevitably brings."
Read Lourd's full post below:
Lourd and Fisher appeared together in three Star Wars movies: The Force Awakens, The Last Jedi, and The Rise of Skywalker (which was completed after Fisher's death).
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