Amber Smith and son River.Photo: Amber Smith/Instagram
Amber Smithis addressing messages she receives about her son’s death over three years after losing him.
Granger and Amber’s 3-year-old sonRiver Kellydied in a drowning accident in June 2019.
An Instagram user then replied to Amber, “This makes me soooooo mad! Why would you be such irresponsible parents?!? Teach babies to swim, fence the pool, PROTECT your children! This is your fault, you KILLED your win [sic] kid. Truly disgusting.”
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Last month, Amber opened up about telling son Lincoln, 8, and daughter London, 10, that their brother had died after the accident, which they had witnessed. Lincoln was 5 and London was 7 at the time of the tragedy.
“We had to be very honest from the very beginning,” Amber said in a conversation with Hayley Hubbard and Jessica Diamond ofDear Media’sMeaning Full Livingpodcast. “We went home with that intention of being very honest … We said, ‘River was without oxygen for too long. They did everything that they could but Bubbie died.’ "
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Amber said she and Granger allowed the kids to see them grieving as well. The couple also made the brave decision to share a lot of that experience on social media.
“I was just trying to show the realness of pain and grief and it’s not easy. It’s OK to feel those emotions … but you can’t stay there, you can’t stay stuck in that place.”
source: people.com
