Emilie Kiser Addresses Video of Her Son on Boat Without Life Jacket

According to Emilie—who is expecting her third child with Brady—many of those feelings are rooted in “the belief that Trigg should still be here,” a belief that she and her family feel as well. 

“He was only three years old, and should have lived a lifetime more,” she continued. “That reality lives with us every moment of every single day.”

“We will continue to do better, advocate for better and, as hard as we try to avoid them, still make mistakes,” Emilie added. “We can only promise that we will never stop learning from them and continue loving our children with everything we have.”

The video of the family on vacation in Mallorca was posted by fellow influencer MadiCurtis, who shared a compilation of the day their families spent together on the water. However, Madi’s video has since been deleted. 

Since Trigg’s death, Emilie has shared how she was able to forgive her husband, now 29, who was watching both Trigg and Teddy at the time while Emilie was out of the house. 

“From the beginning, I felt so angry at him,” she told Jay Shetty during her appearance on his On Purpose podcast in June. “But I think the biggest thing that really kind of altered literally my brain chemistry and the way I thought about it was this could have just as easily happened to me. This could have just as easily been me and Brady’s position.”

While she noted that didn’t “excuse what happened,” it helped her understand the accident could have occurred while she had been with both of her sons. 

“Even if I accepted that there was a chance that we don’t stay together—this was when we first lost Trigg, that I felt this way—I would be able to forgive him,” she said. “Because I would so deeply want him to forgive me and to know that I didn’t mean for it to happen. And that’s exactly how I feel for Brady.”

For a look at Emilie and Brady’s life together, keep reading.