*Evelyn Braxton is speaking out about the death of her daughter Traci Braxton who died at age 50 in March 2022.
As we reported previously, Traci had been battling esophageal cancer prior to her passing. She appeared on the family’s reality show, “Braxton Family Values,” with her mother and sisters Toni, Tamar, Trina, and Towanda.
“You don’t know that pain until you experience it. However, I thank God for the years that God gave me with Traci and Traci with me,” she said, MadameNoire reports. “I have no complaints, none. I would prefer that she would go and rest in the bosom of God than to suffer. I think sometimes, as parents, we want them around so we can hug them and see them, and we become selfish. Am I still grieving? Absolutely… because I carried her those nine months, but there’s a time you have to let go for their sake.”
The cookbook author was asked if she had any advice for other mothers who have lost a child.
“I think everyone has to grieve in their own way. I can’t tell you how to grieve. You have to figure it out. Because my grieving may not touch, and no one can tell you when to stop. It’s none of their business, and it’s not their right. You will figure it out,” she added.
Earlier this year, the grieving matriarch posted a tribute to her daughter on her “first anniversary being with the lord.”
“Dearest Tray, Although you’re not here not in the flesh, you are here in the spirit and in my mind and heart you will always be here. It’s been a year now that you have been resting with the Lord I know that you’re safe. I know you’re leaning and perhaps enjoying your time with the Lord however, I miss you so so much,” Braxton wrote, Entertainment Tonight reported.
“God allow me to carry you in my body I felt you move even kick inside of me because there was nowhere to go. For nine months you relied on me to eat, for your breath and perhaps hoping that I would be a good vessel that God placed you in. I almost lost you twice as a baby but God said no!” she continued.
Evelyn added, “Yes, we had our ups and downs, as most people do, as moms, daughters and families share. I love you. I loved you more than you know at the end of your life and I held you in my arms and rocked your for the last time,” she wrote. “I was so grateful that God Allowed me to see you take your first breath and your Last. Grateful God had allowed me to be your mom and to be there with you, through the good, bad or indifferent. It is your happy spirit I feel and I see from day to day, your smile, your laughter and your sometimes “I don’t care” attitude. It was all you and I think God for allowing me to know you. There is a time and a season for everything baby, I guess, your Season and time came to an end.”
In conclusion, she wrote, “This is your first anniversary being with the lord, with peace and happiness, being with the angels and just resting in his bosom, Which is Something we all must do…. I love you and I miss you. Thank GOD for Jesus. Look at God.”
READ MORE: Family of Traci Braxton Share Touching Tribute to Mark 1-Year Anniversary of Her Death
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