Source : PERTHNOW NEWS
Kelsey Parker has shared her emotional struggle days before the first anniversary of her stillborn baby’s death.
The TV personality and her partner, Will Lindsay, lost their son, Phoenix, at 39 weeks last Father’s Day (21.06.25) – also poignant for Kelsey, her daughter Aurelia, six, and son, Bodi, five, as her husband, The Wanted singer Tom Parker, died from a brain tumour at the age of 33 in March 2022.
Kelsey, 36, posted an outdoor selfie on Instagram on Friday (19.06.26), with the caption: “I’ve been really quiet on here the last couple of days.
“Truthfully, I’ve been working a lot, trying to keep busy and just processing the fact that Sunday is a big day.
“It’s Phoenix’s first anniversary, and it’s Father’s Day too.
“Grief is a strange thing. Some days you can keep going and stay busy, and other days it all catches up with you.
“I’m learning that both things can exist at once. I can feel excited about this next chapter of life, be grateful for everything I have, and still deeply miss my little boy and wish things had been different.
“If you’re navigating grief, anniversaries or simply carrying something heavy right now, please know you’re not alone.
“As always… stop waiting, start living. But also, give yourself permission to feel it all.”
It comes weeks after Kelsey and Will announced they are expecting a “rainbow baby” – a term given for a child born after a family has experienced a stillbirth, pregnancy loss, or infant death.
On May 31, she posted a video to Instagram, in which hands revealed the ultrasound, before Kelsey gently placed a white feather beside the image, symbolising spiritual comfort, with Tom and Phoenix giving her and Will “another little gift from heaven”.
Kelsey’s caption read: “A year ago next month, we lost our beautiful baby boy, Phoenix.
“And somehow, through all the heartbreak, it feels like Tom and Phoenix have sent us another little gift from heaven our little rainbow baby.”
Following Phoenix’s death in June 2025, Kelsey penned an emotional poem for him, which was shared on Instagram, with the caption: “Phoenix Parker-Lindsay, you will forever be loved.”
The short verse read: “The grew quiet as you arrived, So loved, so longed for, yet not alive. Our precious boy, our angel light, Born with wings, took silent flight’.
“We named you Phoenix, brave and bright. A soul of love, of warmth and light Though we never heard you cry, You’ll live in hearts that won’t ask why. No breath you drew, no eyes to see, Still, you mean everything to me. You’ll journey with us, softly near, In every sigh, in every tear. (sic)”
On Christmas Eve, she took to social media and shared a photo of a new plaque installed on Tom’s memorial bench that features Phoenix’s name.
The new plaque reads: “I walk towards my destiny with ease. Phoenix Parker-Lindsay.”
