Lisa Curry has shared a touching tribute to her late daughter Jaimi Lee Kenny, two years after she tragically passed away.
The eldest daughter of the former Olympian and ironman Grant Kenny died on September 14, 2020 after a private battle with a long-term illness.
Taking to Instagram on Wednesday, Lisa shared a stunning framed photo of Jaimi surrounded by a candle and flowers.
“2 years 💔 It still feels like yesterday. Our beautiful Jaimi xxx We miss you 😢 👼💔,” she captioned the post.
Lisa shared a stunning framed photo of Jaimi surrounded by a candle and flowers.
(Image: Instagram)The post prompted an outpour of love and support from Lisa’s fans, with many admiring her strength and resilience.
Last year on the one-year anniversary of Jaimi’s death, Lisa shared photos of her daughter Morgan Gruell, son Jet Kenny, grandchildren Flynn and Taj Gruell, ex-husband Grant and her current husband, Mark Tabone, tossing roses into the sea.
In her caption, Lisa shared an excerpt from Manifesto For Grieving Mothers by Dr. Joanne Cacciatore Aguerke.
“This passage was sent to me ( this is only part of it as it’s so long), and I need to share it with all parents that have lost a child. It sums up what we can’t express and I hope it helps you🤍👼🌸,” she wrote.
The passage read: “I am a mother. I am a bereaved mother. My child died, and this is my reluctant path. It is not a path of my choice, but it is a path I must walk mindfully and with intention. It is a journey through the darkest night of my soul and it will take time to wind through the places that scare me.
“Every cell in my body aches and longs to be with my beloved child. On days when grief is loud, I may be impatient, distracted, frustrated, and unfocused. I may get angry more easily, or I may seem hopeless.
“Witness my suffering and don’t turn away from me. please be gentle with me. There are days when I still feel paralysed. My chest feels the sinking weight of my child’s absence and, sometimes, I feel as if I will explode from the grief.
“Losing my child affects me in so many ways: as a woman, a mother, a human being. It affects every aspect of me: spiritually, physically, mentally, and emotionally. There are days when I barely recognise myself in the mirror anymore.
“My understanding of life will change and a different meaning of life will slowly evolve.”
(Image: Instagram)“My child may have died; but my love – and my motherhood – never will.”
In May this year, Lisa opened up about the grief she still lives with and why she wants no other parent to experience it.
Though the exact details of 33-year-old Jaimi’s death have not been released publicly, Lisa made it clear that mental health issues played a key role in the tragedy.
“Some days it feels like you can’t continue, but the sun still rises and life goes on… but it’s never the same,” Lisa penned.
“I wish we could go back to the time before it was too late, and try again, try something else.”
Prior to her sad death from a long-term illness, Jaimi had struggled with disordered eating and alcoholism, and Lisa wants better support for people like her daughter.
“We put men on the moon, people live in space stations, build the biggest ships and the tallest buildings that sway in the storms, the most brilliant scientific minds can solve incredible diseases, robots and machines are designed to help people walk again… but we can’t work out how to fix mental health issues?” the grieving mother continued.
“Someone … please… make this a priority in your scientific mind. Please. Help all the Jaimi’s in this world.”
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