Lisa Marie Presley, the daughter of the late singer Elvis Presley, has revealed how her son’s death “destroyed” her.
Lisa Marie has opened up about how she combated the tragedy of deaths…
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Everyone knows just how popular Elvis Presley was…
The singer bagged tonnes of success worldwide and was dubbed the King of Rock and Roll.
His songs like: ‘Can’t Help but Fall In Love With You’, ‘If I Can Dream’, ‘Suspicious Minds’ and ‘You’re The Devil In Disguise’ all received plenty of praise.
But everyone was keeping a close eye on his personal life.
Elvis got married to Priscilla Presley in 1967.
And in the following year, the couple announced the birth of their daughter Lisa Marie Presley.
Although, the Presleys have stayed out of the limelight since the death of Elvis in 1977.
Elvis’ daughter, Lisa Marie Presley, has recently been very vocal about her son’s death.
According to reports, Elvis’ grandson Benjamin Keough committed suicide back in 2020 at the age of twenty-seven.
And this incident left an empty void in the heart of his mother, Lisa Marie.
In honor of National Grief Awareness Day, Lisa Marie penned an emotional essay about what she’s learned in the time since her son’s death.
“You do not ‘get over it,’ you do not ‘move on,’ period,” Lisa Marie revealed.
“Despite people coming in the heat of the moment to be there for you right after the loss takes place, they soon disappear and go on with their own lives and they kind of expect for you to do the same, especially after some time has passed,” she continued.
She added that it includes family as well.
“If you’re incredibly lucky, less than a handful will remain in contact with you after the first month or so. Unfortunately, that is a cold hard truth for most,” Lisa Marie said.
And gave prompt advice to those suffering in the same way as she did.
“So, if you know someone who lost a loved one, regardless of how long it’s been, please call them to see how they are doing.
“Go visit them, they will really really appreciate it, more than you know,” she added.
But she went ahead and claimed that if the loss is “premature, unnatural, or tragic,” sufferers can become a “pariah.”
“You can feel stigmatized and perhaps judged in some way as to why the tragic loss took place. This becomes magnetized by a million if you are the parent of a child who passed. No matter how old they were. No matter the circumstances,” she said.
And since has blamed herself for the tragedies.
“I already battle with and beat myself up tirelessly and chronically, blaming myself every single day and that’s hard enough to now live with, but others will judge and blame you too, even secretly or behind your back which is even more cruel and painful on top of everything else.
“This is where finding others who have experienced a similar loss can be the only way to go. Support groups that have your specific kind of loss in common. I go to them, and I hold them for other bereaved parents at my home,” Lisa Marie continued.
“Nothing, absolutely NOTHING takes away the pain, but finding support can sometimes help you feel a little bit less alone. Your old ‘friends’ and even your family can and will run for the hills,” she said.
And she also vowed to carry on regardless of the tragedy.
“Obviously, no parent chooses this road, and thankfully not all parents will have to become a victim to it – and I do mean VICTIM here. I used to hate that word. Now I know why.
“I’ve dealt with death, grief and loss since the age of nine years old. I’ve had more than anyone’s fair share of it in my lifetime and somehow, I’ve made it this far,” Lisa Marie revealed.
But that’s not all…
“But this one, the death of my beautiful, beautiful son? The sweetest and most incredible being that I have ever had the privilege of knowing, who made me feel so honored every single day to be his mother? Who was so much like his grandfather on so many levels that he actually scared me? Which made me worry about him even more than I naturally would have?”
“No. Just no… no no no no…” she added.
Lisa Marie also shed light on her moving forward because of her daughters.
“It’s a real choice to keep going, one that I have to make every single day and one that is constantly challenging to say the least… But I keep going for my girls,” she said.
“I keep going because my son made it very clear in his final moments that taking care of his little sisters and looking out for them were on the forefront of his concerns and his mind.
“He absolutely adored them and they him. Me and my three daughters’ lives as we knew it were completely detonated and destroyed by his death. We live in this every. Single. Day,” Lisa Marie exclaimed.
But it’s her advice to others that has made everyone a little teary-eyed.
“I’m saying this, in the hopes that it helps someone who is suffering as I and my children suffer. In the hopes that maybe today or as soon as possible, you can reach out to someone who is grieving someone they loved and lost. Whether they lost a child, a parent, a spouse, a sibling, a fiancé, anyone,” she said.
“Ask them how they’re doing, ask them to talk about their person, yes! We DO want to talk about them. That’s how we keep them alive in our hearts, that’s how they don’t get forgotten, that is what keeps us alive as well. And do me a favor, don’t tell them that ‘you can’t imagine’ their pain.
“The truth is, oh yes you can, you just don’t want to,” she concluded the essay.
If you or anyone you know is struggling with suicidal thoughts, please visit www.988lifeline.org for free confidential help from skilled counselors.