The host of the emblematic radio Delilah opens on the tragic loss of his 3 sons
Delilah René shared his experience with grief and continue in a new interview.
Anyone who heardDelilah RenéRadio show over the decades, it has been on the air knows that it offers support, provides advice andplays songs For the callers, that they pass through difficult time or that they want to celebrate love in their lives. But, what you may not know is that René faced a lot of tragedy herself. In the period of seven years,Delilah René lost three sons, that the host of the radio opened its doors in a new interview.
"We have buried three sons since 2012" René sharing thePeople every day Podcast. "I think when you lose a child, if you do not have a copier mechanism, you will not last long."
Read it to see what René said about how she faces her and learn more about her life as a mother of 15 children. And for another story of a mother who suffered the loss of a child, hereVanessa Bryant shares a removal letter on the birthday of Gianna's death.
René lost three of her children: Sammy, Zachariah and Ryan.
René has 15 children-three who are biological and the rest was adopted. His sonSammy Deceased in 2012 at the age of 16 after the complications of the anemia of the sickle. Then, in 2017, his son Zachariah died by the suicide at 18 years old. In 2019, his son-in-lawRyan deceased.
Some advice on the future helped him manage his grief.
In the interview withPeople every day, René shared that she received advice from the country singerRory Feek, who lost his wife,Joey Feek, Cancer in 2016.
"Just after Zack has passed, [Feek] handed me to me and he told me something that changed me," said René on the podcast. "He said," Your boys are many more members of your future, but they are part of your past. "
The host of the radio stated that it upset it initially because it did not understand what feek meant. But he explained that she could find the comfort of knowing where his sons were. "And because your hope is in the Lord, you know you will be with them again," remembered René feek telling him. "So now, you will impatiently wait that day with a great anticipation. You never fear death again."
"He is renounced at all, a little conversation, and gave me hope and something to hope," said René. "But while I'm here, I want to be as effective as possible as a mother, as a broadcaster, as ami. And so I have to continue to move forward."
Delilah also shared that she went to a grief advisor, who was probably the best thing to do. " "
She also wrote about the loss in her brief.
René has spoken openly to lose his children in the past too, including in his 2018 book,A heart at a time. The year of his publication, the host saidParade thisWrite the book was a "cathartic" experience For her after losing two sons.
"It was very healing," she says. "I have a grief advisor that I work with and she said that probably the best thing to do for someone who has lost a loved one to do is to write. When you get out of your head and write it, it cleans the wound. This helps to ensure that this pain does not stay stuck inside and consume yourself. "
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René keeps the spirit of his sons living in his big family.
René and his fourth husband,Paul Warnerhave been married since 2012. In an interview with 2018 withPeopleshe shared thattheir relationship at the time was unconventional, with them alive six hours apart because of their work.
And although she has many children on his part, Warner also had five adult children when they gathered. "He was somehow raising children when we met, but he loves my children a lot and is extremely favorable," said DelilahPeople. "I have been a single parent for many years, raising my children and it's one of my passions. And that's not necessarilyhisPassion, he would never stop or dissuade me. "
At the time, René also talked about how Sammy and Zachariah were still part of his family's life. "The boys are spoken pretty much as if they are right in the other room instead of in an eternity," she said. "Small children to my adult children, we all talk and refer to Zack and Sammy as if they are in the other room, not as if they are away from us."
