Carrie Fisher's daughter Billie Lourd talks 'complicated' Mother's Day as she still mourns after mom's death
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For Billie Lourd, Mother's Day is a complicated holiday.
The 32-year-old actress wrote about her feelings in a sweet essay on social media celebrating her own motherhood and that of her own mom, the late Carrie Fisher.
Her new post comes after the Force Awakens actress revealed that she honored her mother — and the Star Wars franchise — by watching 1983's Return Of The Jedi on Star Wars Day (May the fourth) with her children.
'There is absolutely nothing in the world more magical than being a mother to my two tiny humans,' she wrote of her children Kingston, four, and Jackson, two, whom she shares with her husband Austen Rydell.
'Being their mom fills me with an indescribable joy and sense of purpose I could’ve never imagined even existed,' she continued
'But there would be no Mother’s Day for me without my mother. She was my person (swipe for a sweet story)' she wrote of the beloved actress who died at age 60 in 2016.
She shared a childhood memory, explaining, 'When I was little she used to breathe in the scent of my head like it was oxygen and I would always wriggle away from her and laugh.
'But now I regret any wriggling I ever did because now I do the same to my kids. I wish I could wear the scent of their heads like an oxygen mask.'
She added a bit of humor, advising children to 'let your moms sniff your heads today!? It may sound weird but it’s not?!'
'Happy Mother’s Day but as I say every year Mother’s Day isn’t just solely the hallmark happy so happy / griefy / complicated / numb / lonely / insert pretty much any adjective on the spectrum here.
'You are not alone. Sending my love out there to anyone who needs it today ❤️,' she concluded.
The message gave comfort to many women who found themselves in a similar situation.
'Today is my first Mother’s Day without my mom and oh boy did I need this sweet story from you! Happy Mother’s Day,' wrote a fan.
'As a fellow Motherless Mother, happy Mother’s Day ❤️ thank you for reminding people they are not alone...Being a motherless daughter is hard and then when you become a motherless mother it’s like your world is shaken again,' wrote another, adding,' 'Your Mama was an amazing woman woman I bet you’re just as awesome ❤️.'
One fan shared a sweet memory of her own. 'I will always keep the memory of selling her a Minnie Mouse watch for you at Disneyland. It was just the two of you, she was pushing you in the stroller. I just sold a mom a watch for her daughter, that’s what that moment was. I just happened to recognize the mom.'
Tragically, Fisher's mom and Lourd's grandmother, Debbie Reynolds died one day after her only daughter on December 28, 2016, at age 84.
Lourd shared a photo of her grandmother standing with the Oscar winning songwriters Robert and Richard Sherman which was on display at the Magic Kingdom.
'Mother's Day Abadaba sighting @disneyland,' captioned the photo in her Instagram Stories referring to her nickname for Reynolds.
