James Van Der Beek’s daughter shares grief advice after dad’s death
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Emilia Van Der Beek, 9, mirrored on navigating grief after the death of her father.
James Van Der Beek died Feb. 11 after a brave battle with stage 3 colorectal most cancers. He was 48.
To honor what would have been her forty ninth birthday, Kimberly Van Der Beek shared a video of her daughter recorded to submit on social media.
“As you all know probably now, my dad has passed away, but I’m just going to tell you little tips, or anything that helps you getting through anybody you love who’s passing,” the toddler started.
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James Van Der Beek was honored by his household Sunday on what would have been his forty ninth birthday. The “Dawson’s Creek” star died in February after a colorectal most cancers battle. (Michael Buckner)
“So today is my dad’s birthday, and the No. 1 thing for someone’s passing is to talk to them and let your emotions out. If you miss them, you can cry, you can talk to them. I talk to my dad every day and I start with a sentence and I say, ‘Hi dad, I miss you and I love you so much, and I’ll never stop loving you.'”
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“And I just tell him about my day, how I’m feeling, and I tell my family how I’m feeling, and I know he can hear me, but I can’t hear him. My mom can,” she continued. “You just, you have to feel them in your heart, because they’re in your heart. They’re watching over you. They are a part of your body, and in a good place. I know that my dad’s in a good place. He’s not in pain anymore. He’s in heaven.”
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Emilia famous that her dad is “above the clouds with God,” and instructed her mom’s followers that it was OK to cry.
“Be sad because you miss them. You can be angry but don’t blame yourself. Blaming yourself – it’s not a good strategy for someone’s passing,” she stated. “And if someone also lost their dog, or like, someone they love, and you did too, and they try to tell you, ‘I know how you feel. I felt worse.’ They don’t know how you feel.
Kimberly and James Van Der Beek shared six kids. (Matt Winkelmeyer)
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“Everybody has totally different feelings of their physique they usually specific it in several methods, many, many alternative methods.”
“Something my dad instructed me was, if this did not work out the way in which he wished it to and the way in which we wished it to, for him dwelling, I nonetheless should consider in miracles,” Emilia added. “Miracles can nonetheless occur simply in a while in life, they usually’ll hold coming. But possibly once you need them to return, they may not. But in the event that they do move, in the event that they do go – simply bear in mind, they’ve some work to do on the opposite facet.”
Emilia said she prays to her dad, and knows that “he was man.” She kept one of his hats because it smelled like the “Dawson’s Creek” actor.
James Van Der Beek and wife Kimberly celebrated their 15th wedding anniversary in August. (Rachel Murray/Getty Images)
“Lots of people cherished him, and folks prayed for him, and he was cherished by many, many hearts and plenty of, many individuals,” she said.
The “Varsity Blues” star publicly shared his stage 3 colorectal cancer prognosis in November 2024, greater than a yr earlier than his death. He had first obtained his prognosis in August 2023.
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Kimberly, 44, revealed final month that she hosted a “easy and delightful and shifting” vow renewal ceremony with Van Der Beek, family and friends over Zoom shortly before her death.
“We determined two days beforehand and our buddies received us new rings, stuffed our bed room with flowers and candles and we renewed our vows from mattress,” she instructed people magazine.
James Van Der Beek found fame in the late ’90s as the star of teen drama “Dawson’s Creek.” (Getty Images)
James and Kimberly, (née Brook), first met while they were both vacationing in Israel in 2009. The couple tied the knot on Aug. 1, 2010, during a small ceremony in Tel Aviv, Israelat the Kabbalah Center near Dizengoff Square.
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They share six children together, including daughters Olivia, 15, Annabel, 12, Emilia, 9, and Gwendolyn, 7, and sons Joshua, 13, and Jeremiah, 4.
