John Travolta remembers wife Kelly Preston on first Mother’s Day after her death

John Travolta has remembered his beloved wife Kelly Preston on his household’s first Mother’s Day since her death.

The actress died in July final yr on the age of 57 after a two-year battle with breast most cancers.

Travolta took to his Instagram web page to share photos of Preston and their household, alongside a heartfelt caption.

“Dearest Kelly, you introduced into my life three of probably the most great kids I’ve ever identified. Thanks,” he wrote.

“We love and miss you. Glad Mother’s Day.”

Their daughter Ella additionally took to social media to recollect her mom and share a picture of the pair.

“Mama, thanks for all you’ve got executed for us and for this world. I miss you and love you very a lot, however your smile, heat and love is eternal,” she wrote.

“Wishing the entire mothers a cheerful Mother’s Day.”

Simply final month and fewer than a yr since his wife died from breast most cancers, John Travolta opened up about his grieving course of to Esquire Spain.

Within the story, initially written in Spanish, he defined that “residing in mourning is one thing private”.

“Mourning is particular person and experiencing your personal journey is what can result in therapeutic,” he advised the outlet.

“Crucial factor you are able to do to assist one other when they’re in mourning is to permit them to reside it and never complicate it with yours.”

Travolta, 67, defined that he had struggled to deal with different individuals’s grief after shedding his wife.

“Despite the fact that it’s nice to have firm, generally it turns into such as you’re serving to them quite than placing your self to work overcoming emotions of loss and grief,” he mentioned, including he felt so “saturated” with everybody else’s unhappiness that he “didn’t know what to do.”

Preston was an actor and former mannequin who appeared in additional than 60 TV reveals and films, most notably Jerry Maguire in 1996 and Twins in 1988.

Preston and Travolta met capturing the 1989 comedy The Consultants and married in 1991. They’d three kids: Jett, who died in 2009, Ella, 21, and Benjamin, 10. Jett died at 16 after having a seizure whereas on a household trip within the Bahamas.

In an announcement on the time of Preston’s death, Travolta mentioned her “love and life will at all times be remembered”.

“She fought a brave struggle with the love and help of so many,” he mentioned.

“My household and I’ll eternally be grateful to her medical doctors and nurses at MD Anderson Most cancers Centre, all of the medical centres which have helped, in addition to her many pals and family members who’ve been by her aspect.”

In a message on Instagram on the time of her mom’s death, Ella Travolta remembered Preston as possessing “a light-weight that by no means ceases to shine”.

“I’ve by no means met anybody as brave, sturdy, stunning and loving as you,” she wrote.

“You’ve gotten made life so stunning and I do know you’ll proceed to take action at all times,” she added.

“I really like you a lot mama.

– with NBC